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National Association of Left-handed Golfers
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NALG
Welcome to the National Association of Left-handed Golfers
Check out our new Blog which you can access from the menu on the left.
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!
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National event information is shown below.
State Tournaments information can be found under the State Tournaments menu to the left.
2023 CALENDAR (Events will be added as they are scheduled)
March 18 - March 19 .....Florida State Tournament
May 3 - 5 .....29th Annual Dave McCall Southwest Shootout - Lefty/Partner
May 13 - Michigan Lefty/Righty at Rolling Meadows in Whitmore Lake, Michigan
June 9 - June 11 .....NALG National Championship
June 24 - 25 .....South Carolina State Tournament and Lefty/Righty
July 15 - July 16 .....Ohio State Tournament
July 22 - July 23 .....Minnesota State Tournament
August 19 - August 20 - Michigan State Tournament
September 5 - 7 .....65th Annual Western States tournament in Reno, Nevada
September 16 - September 17 .....Indiana State Tournament
September 30 - October 1 .....Texas State Tournament
2023 NALG National Championship
June 9 - 11, 2023
Avondale Golf Course - Hayden Lake, Idaho
Sid Miner sidminer@hotmail.com 406.580.8711
Entry and Info now available on the 2023 Tourney Info page!
2024 28th World Association of Left-handed Golfers Championship
April 7 - 13, 2024
Da Nang, Vietnam
For more information go to the WALG website.
If you are a tournament director for Lefty Golf, please send information to:
Jon Kelley jon_kelley@comcast.net
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.
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