Do Lefties Have an Advantage at Augusta National? l The Game Plan l Golf Digest

Brb putting $500 on Harman

Brian Harman watched this video and said ….”hold my beer” … and then somehow he dropped the beer in the water instead 😂

This should actually fir Bryson like a clove...since he started playing with his current driver in 2023, he is very consistent with his draw. If he can get that going and together with his distance, he might be able to play himself into contention this year!

Akshay Bhatia just qualified and he is lefty!

This feels like a Bryson year. If he can make some putts, he should be able to run away with it with his current shot shape.

This is wild. I had no idea that tour pros had switched to fades. When I was growing up in the '70s, I remember that Jack Nicklaus was one of the few pros who predominantly played a fade. What we learned back then was that amateurs played fades because that's all we could play, but that pros were good enough to play draws.

Akshay Bhatia has entered the chat👀👀😮‍💨

Wonder if any right handed pros today would consider a 2 driver set up like Phil used to win in 2006? One designed to hit cuts, one to hit draws. Also, I think it is worth mentioning that Phil, Tiger, and Bubba are legendary shot shapers. Their creativity and ability to curve the ball both ways really benefit them compared to golfers that play stock shot shapes all the time. Tiger is a righty, but plays better than most becuase of his shot shaping ability. Agreed?

Add +1 to the list of lefties for Bhatia

Wow 12 was not the first hole to come to mind for a lefty advantage but Phil’s explanation really illustrated it

I love this series, please keep it coming

I find the argument that somewhat random changes in equipment made a course that was initially better suited for righties that are drawers to become better suited for lefties that are faders quite interesting and compelling (just imagine if driver head size had been limited at 250cc instead of 460cc? maybe modern equipment would have still favored drawers). With the upcoming changes in ball characteristics, I wonder if manufacturers opt for higher spinning balls as a way to reduce distance will have more players playing draws with driver in the future (and the lefties advantage at Augusta may be gone).

Bryson has an amazing ability to hit draws and fades. As well as hit long high balls to clear trees and obstacles. His shot distance is fairly consistent so a lot of blind spots he can hit by just knowing the distance. Will be interesting to see how he attacks it. But, I bet you would find lefty righty advantages for doglegs on most courses for varieties of holes. Augustus may just be laid out that way a bit more than others that favors lefties. Lefties are such a small percentage of golfers. So it’s a bit odd with many of the older Augusta tournaments there weren’t really very many lefty winners. Or were they discouraged back in those days, and lefties actually played righty golf. Someone should look at all those in those long ago Augusta tournaments and see how many of the players were actually lefty but played righty.

2:33 great pictures you found there 🤣

Some pros do hit draws could have been interesting to include right-handed drawers of the golf ball, like Cam Young finished t9 last year and I think he does draw it

16 is absolutely not easier as a lefty. It’s the reverse of 12 and the righty now has the short and right bailout

Bryson loves his draw plays into his hands

Spurious correlation if you ask me. Recent righty winner have all been faders. If this were true you’d think guys who hit draws off the tee would outperform (McIlroy, Dechambeau, Fleetwood, etc.). My read would be that Mikelson and Watson were just really good and, to some extent, the event is easier for past champions to win again since the field is more limited relative to other majors. Otherwise this seems like an over read of small sample size.

God these videos are good

I like the ball rollback also they should make the maximum driver head size 380cc