I am right handed, and play right handed. However, knowing what I know now about the golf swing, if I were young and just starting out, I would give playing left handed serious thought. I do have some left hand clubs that I hit balls with from time to time which is fun to do. Why I say this, is because it is my belief that a right handed golfer's left side controls the club through the down swing. Since they are right handed, part of the swing learning process means teaching the left, non dominant , control side to pull the club through. The right dominant side supposedly supplies the power in the downswing, but tends to over power the left side until the left side becomes stronger, and able to hold it's own, while delivering control to the golfer's swing. If a right handed golfer learned to play left handed, then the dominant right side would be supplying the control first, with the less dominant left side supplying more power as it caught up, and became stronger. Thats the control first, distance later attitude. Most instructors, and players want to go the distance first, then control method. I did learn to hit from both sides of the plate in baseball, and found that to be an advantage in some games.