Left-handed Updated
Left-handed golf clubs
120 of the 156 forgiving clubs we cover are sold left-handed, so a left-hander gives up little. The most forgiving left-handed iron set is the PING G740 ($1,299.99); the best of each other type follows, and the clubs not sold left-handed are named below so you can skip them.
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Left-handed irons: the most forgiving
Forgiveness 5.0 out of 5
PING G740
A wider sole and 4.8 mm of offset: the most help on thin and heavy strikes.
The most forgiving left-handed club of each type
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Left-handed irons: the most forgiving
Forgiveness 5.0 out of 5
PING G740
PING's super game improvement iron: a wider sole, a longer blade and 4.8 mm of offset at the 7-iron, the three things that add help on a mishit.
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Left-handed driver: the most forgiving
Forgiveness 4.0 out of 5
Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D
A heel-weighted draw head with built-in offset to fight a fade or slice, sold up to an unusually high 15° of loft.
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Left-handed mini driver: the most forgiving
Forgiveness 3.0 out of 5
TaylorMade R7 Quad
TaylorMade's mini driver: a 305cc head with four movable weights. Both heavy weights at the back is TaylorMade's setting for more forgiveness; heel forward and toe back gives a slight draw. In 11.5°, 13.5° or 15.5°.
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Left-handed fairway wood: the most forgiving
Forgiveness 4.0 out of 5
Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D
A draw-biased fairway with built-in offset and a shallow face for a high launch, sold all the way to a 27° 11-wood.
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Left-handed hybrid: the most forgiving
Forgiveness 4.0 out of 5
Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D
A draw-biased hybrid with built-in offset and a sole shaped to stop the head digging.
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Left-handed utility iron: the most forgiving
Forgiveness 3.0 out of 5
Titleist U·505
Titleist's hollow utility iron, the one of its two it calls hybrid-like and more forgiving: tungsten in the head and a face built to launch higher from low strikes, in 16°, 18°, 20° and 22°.
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Left-handed putter: the most forgiving
Forgiveness 4.0 out of 5
Wilson Infinite Buckingham
A large mallet from Wilson's Infinite line, with three alignment lines, a double-milled face and a midsize grip with no taper, in either hand or in a 33-inch women's version.
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Left-handed complete set: the most forgiving
Forgiveness 4.5 out of 5
TaylorMade RBZ Complete Set
Ten clubs with a Spider putter and a cart bag, sold in senior, regular and stiff flex, left- or right-handed.
$1,399.99 at TaylorMade
How many are sold left-handed, by type
The hands are the makers' own, read from each maker's page; each club page gives the source. In the full catalogue, choose Left-handed in the hand filter to see all 120.
Check the loft, shaft and length in left hand
A maker that sells a club left-handed does not always sell every version of it that way. Before you order, check that the loft, shaft, flex and length you want are offered in left hand. In the clubs we cover:
- The Cobra KING-X is left-handed in 48°, 50° and 52° only, and only by custom order.
- The Tour Edge TE-400 Complete Men's Set is left-handed with graphite shafts only.
- The Tour Edge TE-200 Complete Men's Set is left-handed in the standard length only.
Drivers are where this bites: the 12° a slower swing often needs is the loft most often missing in left hand. These current drivers are sold left-handed, but not in their top loft: Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D Women's, Mizuno JPX ONE, Wilson DYNAPWR Max+ and Srixon ZXi RKT MAX. Among earlier models, new while stock lasts or used, the same goes for the TaylorMade Qi35, Mizuno ST-MAX 230, TaylorMade Qi10, Cobra DARKSPEED X, TaylorMade Stealth 2 HD, TaylorMade Stealth 2, Callaway Big Bertha (2023), TaylorMade Stealth HD, TaylorMade Stealth, Titleist TSi1, Callaway Big Bertha B21, TaylorMade SIM Max, Callaway MAVRIK, TaylorMade M6, TaylorMade M4, TaylorMade M2 (2017) and TaylorMade M2 (2016). For a left-handed 12° in a head a step below its maker's most forgiving, the current drivers we cover that come that way are the Titleist GT1, Callaway Quantum Max, TaylorMade Qi4D and Callaway Quantum Max Fast; among earlier models, the Cobra LTDx came left-handed in every loft.
Every used price on this site is for a right-handed club unless it says left-handed: our weekly read keeps a left-handed listing only when no right-handed one is listed. The used guide says what else to check.
Every left-handed pick, side by side
| Type | Club | Forgiveness | Price |
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| Irons | PING G740 | 5.0 of 5 | $1,299.99 at PGA TOUR Superstore, checked 2 Nov |
| Driver | Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D | 4.0 of 5 | $299.99, checked 2 Nov |
| Mini driver | TaylorMade R7 Quad | 3.0 of 5 | $479.99 at Golf Discount, checked 2 Nov |
| Fairway wood | Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D | 4.0 of 5 | $179.99, checked 2 Nov |
| Hybrid | Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D | 4.0 of 5 | $159.99, checked 2 Nov |
| Utility iron | Titleist U·505 | 3.0 of 5 | $279.99 at Golf Discount, checked 2 Nov |
| Putter | Wilson Infinite Buckingham | 4.0 of 5 | $139.99, checked 2 Nov |
| Complete set | TaylorMade RBZ Complete Set | 4.5 of 5 | $1,399.99, checked 2 Nov |
A price is for the configuration the shop showed when we checked; confirm the left-handed price at the shop.
The other questions
The most forgiving of each club
- Most forgiving irons
Every forgiving iron set scored and compared, with picks for slicers, slow swings, seniors and budgets.
- Most forgiving driver
The most forgiving head in each maker's line, scored, with the draw models for a slice and picks for slow swings and budgets.
- Most forgiving fairway woods
Fairway woods with the shallow faces and low centres of gravity that get the ball up off the deck.
- Most forgiving hybrids
The hybrids built to replace long irons, with lofts, flexes, hands and price.
- Mini drivers
The smaller driver heads between a driver and a 3-wood, by head size, lofts and draw setting, each price dated.
- Utility irons
Driving irons compared for forgiveness, lofts and hands, and when a hybrid is the better club.
- Forgiving wedges
Compare cavity-back wedge lofts, bounce, sole options and hands.
- Forgiving putters
Mallets and zero-torque putters scored, with lengths, hands and price, and a pick for each kind of miss.
- Most forgiving Callaway irons
Callaway's forgiving iron line, set against each other on offset, sole, loft, flexes and price.
For your game
- Best golf clubs for beginners
What a first set needs, a boxed set against a built set at the same money, and the picks by budget.
- Beginner golf club sets
Every complete boxed set scored, with its club list, flexes, hands and price, and a pick for seniors, women and budgets.
- Best golf clubs for beginners to intermediate
The second set: what to buy when a boxed set stops being enough, without paying for clubs you cannot use yet.
- Best golf clubs for high handicappers
Choose a replacement by bag role and check it against the clubs you keep.
- Best irons for mid handicappers
Game improvement and players distance sets for a 10 to 20 handicap, scored and priced.
- Best driver for slicers
Every driver with draw help, by how much it gives, its lofts and its price.
- Best driver for beginners
Forgiving heads with 12° in stock and draw help for a slice, for beginners and high handicappers, each price dated.
- Best putters for beginners
Forgiving mallets and zero-torque heads by price, stock length and hand, for a first putter, each price dated.
- Senior golf clubs
Every club sold with a stock senior (A) flex or as a senior set, and what senior flex actually changes.
- Best driver for seniors
The forgiving drivers sold in senior flex, by slow-swing help, loft and draw help, each price dated.
- Best irons for seniors
The forgiving iron sets sold in senior flex, by launch, sole and forgiveness, each price dated.
- Women's golf clubs for beginners
Women's lines and ladies-flex options, complete sets and individual clubs, with a pick for each.
- Best irons for women
The forgiving iron sets sold as a women's line or in ladies flex, with each 7-iron's loft and length, each price dated.
- Best driver for women
The forgiving drivers made for women or sold in ladies flex, by draw help, loft and price, each price dated.
- Golf clubs for petite women
The women's sets sold shorter, by how much, and the heights each maker names, each price dated.
- Golf clubs for tall men
The men's sets sold longer, by how much, and the heights each maker names, each price dated.
- Junior golf clubs
Every maker's junior sets by the child's height band, with what is in each box and its price, each checked.
Paying less
- Best budget irons
Forgiving iron sets for less, new, earlier and used, every price per club and dated.
- Best budget drivers
Forgiving drivers for less: current heads at low prices, last year's still sold new, and used, each price dated.
- Used forgiving golf clubs
Check the exact used configuration, condition, contents and return terms.
- Used golf drivers
Every forgiving driver with a used price beside the new one, current and earlier models, each listing dated.
- Used fairway woods and hybrids
Every forgiving fairway wood and hybrid with a used price beside the new one, and each listing's club, loft, flex, condition and date.
- Used golf irons
Every forgiving iron set with a used price, current and earlier models, with the clubs, shaft and flex each price buys.
- Golf club deals
Forgiving clubs below the maker's list price, last year's models still sold new, and used savings, each price with the day we checked it.
- Black Friday golf clubs
The price to beat for the most forgiving club of each type, so you can tell a real Black Friday deal.
Lofts, gaps and wedges
- Golf club loft chart
Loft ranges from the driver to the lob wedge, then every forgiving iron set's lofts, current and earlier, in one sortable chart.
- Golf club gapping
Even loft steps from your longest club to your wedges, each set's uneven steps, and how to check them with your own distances.
- How many golf clubs
The 14-club rule in plain words, what a first bag of eight to ten needs, and how many clubs each boxed set really holds.
- Wedge lofts
Every iron set's pitching, gap, sand and lob wedge lofts in one chart, and the names makers give the gap wedge.
- 52, 56 and 60 degree wedges
What a gap, sand and lob wedge is for, and which lofts to add after your own set.
- Wedge bounce
What bounce does, drawn to the angle, which bounce suits your swing and turf, and the bounce on every forgiving wedge we cover.
- 9-iron vs pitching wedge
The loft, length and bounce between the two in every forgiving set, and which one to hit.
- Hybrid vs iron
Which hybrid replaces which long iron in each set, by the makers' own lofts, and when a hybrid is the easier club.
- Hybrid vs fairway wood
Which wood matches which hybrid by loft, which to carry, and every maker's stock lofts side by side.
How clubs forgive, fit and last
- What makes an iron forgiving
Offset, sole width, moment of inertia and loft explained with the numbers from this site's own table.
- Game improvement vs super game improvement irons
What separates the two classes in loft, offset, sole and price, with every set in each, and how to tell which one your strike needs.
- Cavity back vs blade irons
Why a cavity back forgives and a muscle back does not, with the makers' own offset figures, and how to blend the two.
- Senior flex vs regular flex
What the A flex changes, who it suits, and which clubs we cover offer it as stock.
- Shaft flex chart
Each shaft maker's own swing speed for every flex, side by side, and the flex each chart gives at your speed.
- Best driver shafts
Driver shafts for a slower swing, more height or a mid flight, with each one's weight, torque and flexes from its maker, and the stock shafts on every forgiving driver.
- Steel vs graphite shafts
What a graphite or steel shaft changes, who each suits, and every forgiving iron set's stock shafts.
- Golf club fitting for beginners
Prepare your shortlist and check length, lie, shafts and set makeup at a fitting.
- Golf club fitting cost
What Club Champion, True Spec and PGA TOUR Superstore charge for each kind of fitting, the free ones, and what the fee buys, each price dated.
- Golf club length chart
Every iron set's standard lengths as its maker prints them, and a calculator that adds the change a fitter gives you.
- One-length irons
Every iron built to one length: Cobra's ONE Length sets against its standard sets, club by club, and who still makes one.
- Standard driver length
Every forgiving driver's stock length from its maker, men's, women's and mini, why two makers' figures can differ, and when shorter helps.
- Golf club lie angle
What a wrong lie does to your shots, how to check yours, and every forgiving iron set's lie angles club by club.
- PING color code chart
What each PING dot color means, and every PING iron set's lie angles for the dot you have.
- Golf grip size chart
Your grip size from your hand length or glove size, on Golf Pride's and Winn's own charts, with the feel test and PING's grip colors.
- Best golf grips
The right grip for sore hands, sweaty hands or an all-round feel, with every grip's sizes and weights from its maker.
- Putter grips
Pistol, parallel, flat-front and claw putter grips in their makers' words, their weights and prices, and the stock grip on each putter we cover.
- Blade vs mallet putters
Which forgives more, which suits your stroke, a six-foot test for your misses, and the mallets we cover.
- Putter length
What length putter you need, checked from your own setup rather than your height, and the stock lengths of every putter we cover.
- Zero-torque putters
What a zero-torque putter does, the balance test, who it suits, and how each maker builds one.
- How long do golf clubs last
When grips and wedge grooves wear out, by the makers' own advice, what a regrip costs, and when a new club is worth it.
- How to clean golf clubs
Irons, woods, grips and grooves cleaned the right way, the grip care Golf Pride advises, and how to store clubs over winter.
- How to regrip golf clubs
Golf Pride's ten steps with a hook blade, tape and solvent, sizing a grip up with tape, and what a shop charges.