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National Association of Left-handed Golfers
Welcome to the National Association of Left-handed Golfers
Please join us at any of our National or State tournaments. These events are for any age and skill levels. It is about FUN, Fellowship and Family!
National event information is shown below.
State Tournaments information can be found under the State Tournaments menu to the left.
CALENDAR
April 30 - May 1 .....Florida State Tournament
May 4 - May 6 .....28th Annual Dave McCall Southwest Shootout
May 14 .....Lefty-Righty
June 6 - June 9 .....NALG National Championship
July 15 - July 17 .....Ohio State Tournament
July 16 - July 17 .....Minnesota State Tournament
August 8 - August 12 .....WALG World Championship
August 19 - August 21 .....Michigan State Tournament
September 6 - 8 .....64th Annual Western States Lefty/Righty Team Championship
September 10 - September 11 .....Indiana State Tournament
September 17 - Minnesota Lefty / Righty
October 8 - October 9 .....Texas State Tournament
National event information is shown below.
State Tournaments information can be found under the State Tournaments menu to the left.
CALENDAR
April 30 - May 1 .....Florida State Tournament
May 4 - May 6 .....28th Annual Dave McCall Southwest Shootout
May 14 .....Lefty-Righty
June 6 - June 9 .....NALG National Championship
July 15 - July 17 .....Ohio State Tournament
July 16 - July 17 .....Minnesota State Tournament
August 8 - August 12 .....WALG World Championship
August 19 - August 21 .....Michigan State Tournament
September 6 - 8 .....64th Annual Western States Lefty/Righty Team Championship
September 10 - September 11 .....Indiana State Tournament
September 17 - Minnesota Lefty / Righty
October 8 - October 9 .....Texas State Tournament
27th WALG World Championship
August 8 - 12, 2022
Paris, France
Invitation and Information
Link to Registration (Translate to English - top right)
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2022 NALG National Championship
June 6 - 9, 2022
Capital Hill Golf Course - Prattville, Alabama
(Part of the Robert Trent Jones Trail)
Sid Miner sidminer@hotmail.com 406.580.8711
Entry and Info in 2022 Newsletter (click HERE)
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The 28th Dave McCall Southwest Shootout
University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course, Albuquerque, NM.
May 4 - 6, 2022
Donald Lightburn, 40 Woodlands Drive, Tijeras, NM 87059.
To contact call/text 505-730-6068 or e-mail dlightb@q.com.
Click Here for Info / Entry / Sponsorship
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2022 Annual Lefty - Righty Tournament
May 14th, Saturday - 1 PM Tee-Off
Rolling Meadows 6486 Sutton Rd. Whitmore Lake, MI 48189 - 734- 662-5144
Bob Wolf - 248-624-6997 - rwolf12@yahoo.com
Click Here for Entry
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64th Annual Western States Lefty/Righty Team Championship
September 6 - 8
Sparks, Nevada and Truckee, California
Ron Griffin - 530-343-0539 - RSDGriffin@SBCGLOBAL.NET
Click Here for Information and Entry
Junior Championship originally scheduled for December 2021 ... was cancelled!
If you are or know of a Lefty Junior ... interested in participating ... please contact Sid Miner!
If you are a tournament director for Lefty Golf, please send information to:
Jon Kelley jon_kelley@comcast.net
August 8 - 12, 2022
Paris, France
Invitation and Information
Link to Registration (Translate to English - top right)
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2022 NALG National Championship
June 6 - 9, 2022
Capital Hill Golf Course - Prattville, Alabama
(Part of the Robert Trent Jones Trail)
Sid Miner sidminer@hotmail.com 406.580.8711
Entry and Info in 2022 Newsletter (click HERE)
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The 28th Dave McCall Southwest Shootout
University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course, Albuquerque, NM.
May 4 - 6, 2022
Donald Lightburn, 40 Woodlands Drive, Tijeras, NM 87059.
To contact call/text 505-730-6068 or e-mail dlightb@q.com.
Click Here for Info / Entry / Sponsorship
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2022 Annual Lefty - Righty Tournament
May 14th, Saturday - 1 PM Tee-Off
Rolling Meadows 6486 Sutton Rd. Whitmore Lake, MI 48189 - 734- 662-5144
Bob Wolf - 248-624-6997 - rwolf12@yahoo.com
Click Here for Entry
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64th Annual Western States Lefty/Righty Team Championship
September 6 - 8
Sparks, Nevada and Truckee, California
Ron Griffin - 530-343-0539 - RSDGriffin@SBCGLOBAL.NET
Click Here for Information and Entry
Junior Championship originally scheduled for December 2021 ... was cancelled!
If you are or know of a Lefty Junior ... interested in participating ... please contact Sid Miner!
If you are a tournament director for Lefty Golf, please send information to:
Jon Kelley jon_kelley@comcast.net
Why are there Left-handed Tournaments??
I don’t know how many times I have heard it. When I tell someone I am playing in the state or national lefties tournaments I sometimes get a response like “how come there aren’t any tournaments for righties?”.
To answer this question, you need to back to the origin of the National Left-Handed Tournament. You can find a more complete history under the History tab in the menu at the left.
It was not until 1960 that lefties had quality equipment as a result of an agreement with First Flight to produce clubs that were NALG Approved Clubs. In 1960 there were 50 professional lefties that were members of NALG including major-winner Bob Charles from New Zealand.
So back to the original question – Why isn’t there a righty tournament? The answer is probably as simple as most tournaments were basically “righty” tournaments as there weren’t that many lefties. So you could think of lefties as being a “minority” and for many years they were basically “discriminated” against by not having good equipment available. So why not have a lefties tournament? There are military tournaments, tournaments for the blind or those with other disabilities, fraternal organization tournaments and other events for a portion of our population. Another big element of lefty tournaments is the social interaction. Lefties enjoy playing with one another.
If you play left-handed (for all your strokes), I would encourage you to join us in these events. You will be glad you did and make many new friends along the way.
I don’t know how many times I have heard it. When I tell someone I am playing in the state or national lefties tournaments I sometimes get a response like “how come there aren’t any tournaments for righties?”.
To answer this question, you need to back to the origin of the National Left-Handed Tournament. You can find a more complete history under the History tab in the menu at the left.
It was not until 1960 that lefties had quality equipment as a result of an agreement with First Flight to produce clubs that were NALG Approved Clubs. In 1960 there were 50 professional lefties that were members of NALG including major-winner Bob Charles from New Zealand.
So back to the original question – Why isn’t there a righty tournament? The answer is probably as simple as most tournaments were basically “righty” tournaments as there weren’t that many lefties. So you could think of lefties as being a “minority” and for many years they were basically “discriminated” against by not having good equipment available. So why not have a lefties tournament? There are military tournaments, tournaments for the blind or those with other disabilities, fraternal organization tournaments and other events for a portion of our population. Another big element of lefty tournaments is the social interaction. Lefties enjoy playing with one another.
If you play left-handed (for all your strokes), I would encourage you to join us in these events. You will be glad you did and make many new friends along the way.
