It’s a decision golfers usually arrive at by accident. And once you make it, it’s virtually impossible to go back. It’s one golfers give almost no thought to — if any at all — yet it arguably impacts ...

When Jake Knapp was just three years old, he picked up his brother’s old golf clubs for the first time and started taking some whacks. But there was one glaring problem: He was hitting the ball with ...

Outnumbered on courses and ill-served by pro shops, a society of British players happily defends their turf, and their cause, from the other side of the tee box. Credit...Duncan Elliott for The New ...

Holding a golf club sounds like the simplest aspect of golf, but it’s not. And not just that: It might also be the most important. You’ll hear a lot of pros and teachers alike say that if your grip is ...

At this week's Presidents Cup, the International Team will be led by a left-handed Canadian golfer named Mike Weir. When Weir won the Masters in 2003, his three defining features in media accounts ...

According to one golf writer, left-handed golfers used to be as rare as a double eagle. But now like buses two have come along at once. Phil Mickelson and Mike Weir have both won the US Masters, and ...

The tap-in that Diksha Dagar hit from about a foot away from the hole, to win her maiden title on the European Ladies tour, might have been her easiest shot of the competition. Yet it's likely she ...

Left-handed maths A new mathematical model can predict the proportion of left-handed people in sports such as boxing and golf. Mathematician Mark Panaggio and PhD supervisor Dr Daniel Abrams report ...