Interestingly, Canada has more left-handed golfers than any country in the
world. More than 30% of Canadians play golf standing on the oppressive side of
the ball. The theory behind this is that Canadian babies, instead of growing up
with diapers, teething rings, and rattles, grow up with jock straps for Pampers,
pucks for teething rings, and sawed-off hockey sticks as substitutes for
rattles. Due to a high percentage of these toothless wonders growing into big,
strapping left-wingers with, you guessed it, booming left-hand shots, there is a
correspondingly high number of left-handed golfers who wind up terrorizing the
links. Interestingly, there are more fights and club infractions that occur on
Canadian golf courses as well. i.e. Rule 42-5(b) in the Royal Canadian Golf
Association Decisions Book states: A player shall incur a two stroke penalty for
sticking his club between an opponents legs as he's about to putt. (c) A player
shall incur a five-stroke major penalty for dropping his gloves and beating the
snot out of his opponent.
Phil Mickelson, who plays left-handed, is actually right handed. He learned to play golf by mirroring his father's golf swing, and he has used left handed golf clubs ever since.