Tag: Lefties

There are 17 left-handed golfers who have won on the PGA Tour

Let’s take a closer look at the lefties on the PGA Tour.

About 10 percent of the U.S. population is left-handed but there has only been 17 lefties to win on the PGA Tour.

One place they can find common ground is the official website of being left-handed, lefthandersday.com, where it appears the struggle is real:

“August 13th is a chance to tell your family and friends how proud you are of being left-handed, and also raise awareness of the everyday issues that lefties face as we live in a world designed for right-handers.”

August 13, 2024, marked the 33rd annual International Lefthanders Day. On that site, you can purchase things such as left-handed scissors. For left-handed golf clubs, you’re probably better off looking elsewhere.

Fifteen non-righties have combined to win 86 times on the PGA Tour, led by you-know-who, Phil Mickelson.

With Brian Harman’s win at Royal Liverpool in 2023, there have now been three lefties to win the Open Championship, joining Bob Charles (1963) and Phil Mickelson (2013).

Who were the best left-handed players to suit up for the Boston Celtics?

Before you ask, Larry Bird’s legendary left-handed game isn’t enough to count.

The history of the NBA goes back more than three-quarters of a century, and the history of the Boston Celtics starts at the very beginning of it all. They were one of a handful of clubs that has existed since the very start of the league in its Basketball Association of America (BAA) days.

And in that time, there has been an almost dizzying array of players on the roster of the Celtics on any given season, leading the team to an NBA-record 17 titles. While it might come up in the course of a season or when a player joins the team, the number of left-handed players who have worn the green and white over the decades does not readily leap to mind.

To that end, we put together a list of the greatest lefties to suit up for Boston (and before you ask, Larry Bird’s legendary left-handed game isn’t enough to count). While there might be others we missed, here’s our non-comprehensive account of the best of those left-handed players to play for the Celtics.