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griffey

I am right handed and my coach told me to maybe carry a left handed club in my bag in case I get behind a tree or something where I couldn't swing right handed. My dad thinks I should just turn my right handed club around and swing left handed. What should I do?

No need to.I am a left handed golfer who has been playing for 30 plus years and I can only think of 3 maybe 4 times that I wished I had a right handed club. In each case I took my putter,Yes putter, and got out of big trouble.You are not going to hit it far but its better than trying to get fancy and maybe even missing the ball completely.One small shot with the putter and you still have a chance at par.Try this, turn your club around and hit the ball and than use your putter.watch the results. Oh by the way I once seen a fellow hit a ball 40 plus yards with his putter to get out of trouble.

Hockey stats show roughly a 50/50 split in left hand shooters vs right handed shooters

Baseball stats show similar rates in left hand swing vs right hand swing

Why is golf so different?

In Hockey the right or left handed may have an advantage based on the position they play,,In baseball being able to switch hands as a batter is based what hand the pitcher is throwing with..with golf availability of club may have something to do with this as I am left handed but leaned to play righty because I got a set of right handed clubs from an uncle when i was young..also i think golf courses are designed to favor right handed golfers...this might explain why if 90% of people are right handed why aren't 10% of pro golfers left handed..because only exceptional lefties can compete on the pro tour in part because the courses tend to favor righties...