| In order to become a golfer, you are going to need | | | | It doesn't matter if you are left handed or right |
| to master the building blocks of your swing. You | | | | handed, because it all comes down to which side has |
| need to understand how to hold the club so that you | | | | the stronger, more natural feeling swing. To find out |
| can give the ball a good wack. Once you have a | | | | which side works best for you try swinging the club |
| good grip, how do you align yourself to the target so | | | | as if it were a baseball bat from side to side. The |
| that the ball get close to the target you are aiming | | | | muscles that are used to swing a baseball bat are |
| for? What should your posture look like? Just how | | | | similar to the range of motion in a golf swing. Of |
| much knee flex should you have, and exactly where | | | | course if you are still having trouble hitting a straight |
| is the ball located in your stance? Should you be | | | | shot, you can always blame the equipment. A lot of |
| looking at the sun or down at the ball when you take | | | | golfers do. |
| your swing? | | | | The way that you place your hands on the club can |
| For golfers that are naturally left handed, perfecting | | | | affect your shot. Proper and placement on the club is |
| the golf swing can be kind of tricky. in the past there | | | | going to be a very important part of your technique. |
| weren't very many clubs designed for left handed | | | | Very few golfers that have played for any length of |
| golfers, and most golf course designs put the left | | | | time pay a lot of attention to their hand placement. |
| handed golfer at a disadvantage. As a result of this | | | | A golf grip is very hard to correct once you've |
| many left handed golfers learned how to play golf | | | | gotten use to the ways your hand feel griping the |
| right handed. Today though technology has advanced | | | | club. To most golfer hand placement simply doesn't |
| to the point that some golf clubs have been | | | | seem as important as the actually swing itself, this is |
| specifically designed for left handed golfers. | | | | why you see so many golfers with bad grips. |