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Was Mindy Blake left-handed when not playing golf ?

March 30 2009 at 11:41 PM
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It has been stated before in this forum that Richard Wax said Mindy intended for the swing to be a one-handed (lead-hand) swing. As Mindy played golf right-handed his lead hand was his left hand. This raises the question was Mindy naturally left-handed (left-arm dominant )since to my way of thinking you would use your dominant arm to swing one-handed or to throw a javelin even when using a relexed reflex action. I can't find any reference in either of Mindy's books or in this forum's archives to this question. Interestingly Ben Hogan who influenced Mindy's swing theory started out as a left-handed player but changed early to right-handed and so must have been left-arm dominant and he famously always said he needed more than one right hand late in the downswing.
I would be interested to know if those using the Mindy swing prefer to lead with their dominant arm. This is not an uncommon thing for left-handers to do ( ie. play right-handed ). Although interestingly enough Bob Charles the first golfer to win a major with left-hand clubs is in fact a natural right-hander (right arm dominant ).

 
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