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View Poll Results: Which dominant eye type are you?
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Same side dominant
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Cross dominant
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21st April 2022 10:11 PM
#1
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Whats your dominant eye?
Most of you would know we humans have a dominant eye, but perhaps you havent thought about how it might affect your golf. I have recently learned, its much more significant than I thought. As golfers we are one of two types.
1. Same side dominant, ie play golf right handed, and right eye dominant ( or for left handed, left eye dominant)
2. cross dominant, ie play golf right handed, and left eye dominant ( or vica versa)
If you dont know what you are - google it simple test.
If i remember correctly, dominant eye is relied on for accurate positioning, the other eye is for distance.
We are affected in two ways - should all make sense if you think about it.
- a same side dominant golfer can lose sight of the golf ball if his backswing is too long.
- a cross dominant golfer has much less trouble aiming because his dominant eye is on the side of the target.
Now apparently, 70% of people generally are same side dominant, BUT, about 70% of best golfers in the world are cross dominant, thats a statistical anomoly!
further, most cross dominant golfers have fairly orthodox golf swings, Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus for example,
and many same side dominant golfers have quirky swings, like Jim Furyk
probably the same effect applies batsman in cricket, and might explain why some people prefer to play a two handed sport cackhanded, perhaps the reason it felt better for them, is because of the dominant eye.
Knowing which is your dominant eye might help your golf, especially if you are same side dominant, as there are a few things you can do to help yourself out. Added a survey here to see if it is true that 70% of golfers are same siders.
Last edited by markTHEblake; 21st April 2022 at 10:33 PM.
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21st April 2022 10:20 PM
#2
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I’m left handed, play golf right handed and right eye dominant, what’s that combo mean
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21st April 2022 10:31 PM
#3
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Originally Posted by
bdoug10
I’m left handed, play golf right handed and right eye dominant, what’s that combo mean
same side dominant. You play golf right handed, and have dominant right eye.
your natural hand has no relevance to the question
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21st April 2022 10:49 PM
#4
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I am left eye and left hand Dominant. I had laser correction years ago and now have "Monovision". My left is my close vision focused eye, the right my longer distance focus.
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22nd April 2022 10:23 AM
#5
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Touring Pro (European Tour)
Originally Posted by
markTHEblake
your natural hand has no relevance to the question
Actually, it does. Almost every person picks up and throws a ball in a cross dominant combination. Anything you do side-on, you'll lead with your dominant eye.
The primary factor in determining your handedness is what your parents did, but if one parent was right and the other left handed, most people will finish up being cross dominant.
Of course there was also the old way of thinking that right was better (or easier) and many parents tried to guide their lefthanded kids to become righthanded.
I'm not sure you can apply this to golf, unless you are 8 years old and picking up clubs for the first time.
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22nd April 2022 10:35 AM
#6
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Touring Pro (PGA)
Right handed golfer, Right eye dominant. Never ever been able to aim for shit! Tend to be too far to the left.
I write left handed, I throw and catch left handed (was fun with softball) but bat right handed. In waterpolo I caught and threw right handed. Basketball I can only do jump shots right handed but standing shots only left handed. I could never work out my dominant foot for running. Swimming I breath to the left. Both parents and sister are completely right handed. Rob is also left handed, and both our kids are completely right handed.
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22nd April 2022 02:02 PM
#7
Member
Touring Pro (Aust PGA)
Another right handed golfer with a dominant right eye. Messes with alignment but also with ball position in my stance. I tend to think the ball is further forward in my stance than it really is.
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22nd April 2022 02:18 PM
#8
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Originally Posted by
NewyMitch
Another right handed golfer with a dominant right eye. Messes with alignment but also with ball position in my stance. I tend to think the ball is further forward in my stance than it really is.
Is your head rotated to the right in your setup like Jack Nicklaus?
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22nd April 2022 03:03 PM
#9
Member
Touring Pro (Aust PGA)
Originally Posted by
markTHEblake
Is your head rotated to the right in your setup like Jack Nicklaus?
I honestly wouldn't have a clue, it's probably worth trying to get a photo to check though.
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22nd April 2022 11:29 PM
#10
So what’s the next step here? How do we help our golf games knowing this? Very intrigued…
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25th April 2022 11:54 AM
#11
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Originally Posted by
dee cee
So what’s the next step here? How do we help our golf games knowing this? Very intrigued…
I think it is what Blakey has described above, if you are same side right eyed, tilt your head a little to the right to let your dominate eye hone in on the ball for longer.
I am same sided and continue to struggle with alignment.
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26th April 2022 01:12 PM
#12
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Major Winner
As we all know, I'm a bit of a phuckwit enigma. Turns out I'm left eye dominant, but for the majority of things I'm right handed. I golf lefty and eat lefty (knife and fork around the other way), and can hit a baseball left or righty equally as badly, but everything else is righty.
I know I'm phucked, but HOW phucked is the question here...
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26th April 2022 01:23 PM
#13
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Originally Posted by
LeftyHoges
I know I'm phucked, but HOW phucked is the question here...
Is this a rhetorical question?
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26th April 2022 01:48 PM
#14
Senior Member
Multiple Major Winner
Originally Posted by
LeftyHoges
As we all know, I'm a bit of a phuckwit enigma. Turns out I'm left eye dominant, but for the majority of things I'm right handed. I golf lefty and eat lefty (knife and fork around the other way), and can hit a baseball left or righty equally as badly, but everything else is righty.
I know I'm phucked, but HOW phucked is the question here...
Have a few extra cans and don't worry about it.
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26th April 2022 02:12 PM
#15
Member
Touring Pro (Aust PGA)
According to that little test I'm left eye dominant but play right handed.
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26th April 2022 02:31 PM
#16
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Originally Posted by
benno_r
Is this a rhetorical question?
On a scale from 1 to 10, I'd say 25.
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26th April 2022 04:36 PM
#17
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
Originally Posted by
Kelsey86
According to that little test I'm left eye dominant but play right handed.
Interestingly, me too.
Interesting in the fact that I never knew which was my dominant eye until now.
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26th April 2022 05:52 PM
#18
Senior Member
Touring Pro (European Tour)
Originally Posted by
Courty
Interestingly, me too.
Interesting in the fact that I never knew which was my dominant eye until now.
Courty, start a thread, check with the club and see if you can become right eyed.
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26th April 2022 07:07 PM
#19
Member
Touring Pro (Aust PGA)
Neither did I, although my right eye is less blurred than my left if I'm not wearing contacts or glasses.
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1st May 2022 02:32 PM
#20
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Originally Posted by
dee cee
So what’s the next step here? How do we help our golf games knowing this? Very intrigued…
If you are same side dominant you need to apply more attention to your alignment, because its harder for you to do so accurately. Such as picking a small spot in front of the ball to aim over.
Watch Jacks eyes in this video, you can see when he picks a spot and then checks it 3x. Thats a careful routine and he is cross dominant! https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cc8J9iaFyed/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
And take care that you dont lose sight of the ball in your dominant eye on the backswing.
Last edited by markTHEblake; 1st May 2022 at 02:37 PM.
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1st May 2022 04:51 PM
#21
Member
Touring Pro (Aust PGA)
That is something I've never really noticed as an issue when playing, losing sight of the ball in my backswing. Now that I think about it, I never do lose sight of it.
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1st May 2022 05:09 PM
#22
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
Kelsey, your left eye dominant... you dont have to worry about it. Losing sight of the golf ball for you would be pretty hard to do
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1st May 2022 05:40 PM
#23
Member
Touring Pro (Aust PGA)
Originally Posted by
markTHEblake
Kelsey, your left eye dominant... you dont have to worry about it. Losing sight of the golf ball for you would be pretty hard to do
Yeah, it just never occurred to me why I don't. I do lose sight of it after I hit it sometimes though 😅
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1st May 2022 08:31 PM
#24
Member
Touring Pro (Aust PGA)
Originally Posted by
markTHEblake
If you are same side dominant you need to apply more attention to your alignment, because its harder for you to do so accurately. Such as picking a small spot in front of the ball to aim over. Watch Jacks eyes in this video, you can see when he picks a spot and then checks it 3x. Thats a careful routine and he is cross dominant! https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cc8J9iaFyed/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= And take care that you dont lose sight of the ball in your dominant eye on the backswing.
I've only just started picking a spot in front of the ball recently and it's definitely been helping with my alignment. It still doesn't help when you pull it 15m left...
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5th May 2022 09:31 AM
#25
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Touring Pro (PGA)
I am cross dominant (left eye focus, played right hand)
Doesn't help much thu. Still can break 80 on a good day and barely break 100 on a bad day, the lateral case is more often however
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