Everyone who plays golf is familiar with the phrase "the yips." The term is said to have been coined by Tommy Armour, a former golf champion and instructor, to explain the difficulties that led him to ...
Graham Delaet has been where no golfer ever wishes to be. He’s stood on the edge of a green clutching his wedge and had no idea if he’d be able to make contact with the ball. It is an affliction ...
Lee Trevino’s subject was the yips. But we got thoughts on Jesper Parnevik, Payne Stewart and underwear, too. Of course we would. One of golf’s greatest players is also one of its best narrators, and ...
NICE, France — Yips, a focal task–specific dystonia, may be more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study of golfers. It may run as high as 5.7% in this population, and although it ...
The yips — the sudden inability to make even short putts — have ended careers of professional golfers. For Bernhard Langer, they brought him to his knees. “Those were the hardest times in my life, in ...
Medscape: The yips is a term that means different things to different people. What's the best definition? Adler: In golfers, the yips are an involuntary jerk, twitch, or shake at the time that the ...
On GOLF's Subpar podcast, Joel Dahmen discussed how he suffers from all kinds of yips in his life, like with parking and ...
It can be agony: the sure thing that isn't. From the hallowed greens where the professionals compete to the common ground the duffers play, it's an affliction called the most wicked four-letter word ...
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 22: Ben Crane hits his tee shot on the second hole on the Palmer Private Course at PGA West duing the second round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic on January 22, 2009 in La ...
Other than Tiger Woods’ recovery from his catastrophic chipping problems – of which there was previously no known cure – the most mystifying phenomenon over the last few seasons has been Bernhard ...
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ROCHESTER, MINN. -- A phenomenon in golf known as the "yips" -- an acquired problem of sudden tremors, jerking or freezing while putting -- may have both physical and psychological causes, according ...