Lefties take comfort - there are more of you on the links than ever before. According to National Golf Foundation's latest consumer survey, 7.4 percent of adult golfers play left-handed. That's a statistically significant increase from the 5.6 percent the last time the foundation asked the question - 21 years ago in 1986. No one has investigated the reason for the shift, but NGF speculated that better availability of left-handed clubs, and the emergence of southpaw stars like Phil Mickelson and Mike Weir, have prompted the increase.
Golf News for Thursday, November 15, 2007 | Growth Of The Game
Left-handed adult golfers show significant increase on the course
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