00:00Do you use one of these? It's a left-handed golf club. Now around five to
00:05seven percent of golfers are left-handed and they face a lot of problems. I'm one
00:10of those golfers and I find there's so many problems left-handers face that
00:13right-handers don't. I'm gonna give you eight examples today here at the
00:17beautiful Peter Milton Golf Club about the eight problems that only left-handers
00:21face. Right so the first and the biggest problem for left-handers is getting hold
00:25of this and it's golf equipment. All left-handers will know that as much as
00:29pro shops and retailers try their hardest there just isn't that much stock
00:32equipment for left-handers. Your right-handed mate can walk into a shop
00:35and pick up pretty much whatever they want whereas us lefties have to sit and
00:39wait and order it. It's really quite frustrating and as much as you can get
00:43demo clubs tried out and you can get your custom fitting done you can't pick
00:47it up stock. And it goes the same for gloves as well you'll see in a pro shop
00:51loads of gloves for right-handers all the left-handed gloves stocked up but
00:55when it comes to right-handed gloves you'll find a couple in some scrappy old
00:58packets that we size XL to double XL and nothing in between. So equipment,
01:03gloves, anything for us lefties it's a bit awkward it's really hard to get hold
01:07of. The next problem only left-handers face is that they can't get any
01:11hand-me-down clubs from their often right-handed parents or grandparents. Now
01:15I've got my dad's old JPX 900 irons here that he's just finished with he's just
01:20upgraded. Maybe I'd like to have a go with them as his son maybe he'd give
01:23them to me. Obviously because I'm a lefty I can't use them it's very frustrating
01:27and a lot of beginner left-handed golfers will understand that as well
01:30that perhaps they want to try their first set and they don't want to invest
01:33in a parent or a grandparent plays. They're often right-handed the clubs
01:37often don't work and it's really really frustrating for left-handed golfers. One
01:41of the next problems only left-handers face is people forgetting you're
01:45left-handed especially at the start of the round and especially on the first
01:48tee box so they'll stand right behind where you want to swing. Now people
01:51will ultimately learn throughout the round that you're left-handed and start
01:54standing in the right position but that can take a while so right-handers
01:57remember we're left-handed and remember where to stand. Right my playing partner
02:04just said I was very fortunate to be on this side of the tree and this is
02:07another problem that left-handers face is right-handed playing partners
02:10forgetting they're left-handed and saying oh you're fine you've got a great
02:13shot here. Obviously for a right-hander they do but for me as a lefty and other
02:18lefties out there what am I supposed to do with this I'm in a terrible position
02:21and doubly I'm wound up because he just said I was very fortunate to be here so
02:26see what I can do with this. Not bad in the end. So another problem only left-handed
02:37golfers face is overhanging trees on a tee. Now I'm on the 15th hole here
02:42there's a great example and as a left-hander who likes to fade the ball I
02:45come nice and left on the tee and I'll often find there's little branches and
02:48bits of tree overhanging my sight line. Now of course some right-handers might
02:52find this as well on certain tee boxes but I think it happens to lefties a lot
02:56more. People who are right-handed won't see that and so they won't get trimmed
02:59away and give me some more space. Now that's in my sight line how would I get
03:04on hitting it let's have a little go.
03:14Well I've hit a perfect draw by accident but they were certainly in my eye line
03:18and it's certainly very annoying for left-handers. So another problem for us
03:22lefties is our right-handed playing partners again forgetting we're
03:26left-handed and offering us their shiny new driver to have a hit. Now this
03:30annoys me so much because I'd love to try the driver it looks lovely they've
03:33been hitting it really well they'll hand it over to me have a go with that and I
03:37can't and it's very frustrating it's another thing that right-handers do to
03:40lefties is they forget. So another problem for lefties not be able to try
03:44out your mates shiny new equipment. So whilst this map might be an exception to
03:48the rule because it's been very well looked after another problem that
03:51left-handed golfers face is having to play their ball out of right-handers
03:54footsteps. Especially on winter maps on a little path three like this when I want
03:58to play with the ball off the deck I've got a rummage around to try and find a
04:02half-decent lie on this map. On the other hand right-handers I've got a beautiful
04:06clean lie yet another problem for lefties. Now another annoying thing for
04:11left-handers is their playing partners comparing their short game to the great
04:15Phil Mickelson because he's left-handed and that unfortunately isn't the reality
04:19for most left-handers. I don't compare right-handers drives to every single
04:23Bryson DeChambeau bomb do I? So I don't think it's fair to compare left-handed
04:27short games to Phil Mickelson. So shall I give you a bit of an idea of what our
04:30short games are really like. Bunker in front of me about six feet of green to
04:33work with let's see how we actually get on us lefties.
04:39Turns out I'm actually quite good. So those are the eight most annoying things
04:48that left-handers face out on the golf course. A lot of them were about
04:52right-handed golfers forgetting that we're left-handers and even my
04:54cameraman Howard kept setting up on the wrong side of me throughout this whole
04:57shoot. So what do you think at home am I just moaning too much or have I come up
05:01with some really good ideas there and are you left-handers relating at home?
05:04Let me know down in the comments below. But for now from Peter Milton Golf Club
05:09see you next time.
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