Golf isn’t just a game—it’s a language of its own. From battling the dreaded yips to shamelessly taking a mulligan, this ...

Golf is a game of benign four-letter words: push, pull, yank, putt, snap hook, long iron, sand shot. But perhaps no four-letter word garners more taboo among golfers than “the y-word”: yips. The yips ...

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 ...

The yips are detrimental to any golfer, and almost every golfer has suffered from them at some point. In this week’s GOLF Subpar episode, Joel Dahmen explained some of his clashes with the yips, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this week’s Golf Central Podcast presented by Callaway Golf, senior writers Rex Hoggard and Ryan Lavner weigh in on the PGA Tour’s proposal to limit green-reading books. They also dive further into ...

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 ...

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 ...

Matt Harmon joined Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscribers for an exclusive AMA on our new invite-only Discord server. Catch up on what you missed. Drake Maye's rushing ability is being slept on — and in turn ...