Understanding - and talking about - the dreaded yips

Although golfers don't have the market cornered on superstition, there are certain things in the game that simply aren't done in many circles. You don't talk about it when someone's having a great round, you don't jinx a birdie putt, and you never talk about or even acknowledge that "the yips" exist. This is your warning to stop reading now if the topic makes you uncomfortable.

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Glen Dornoch Golf Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Strangely enough, the yips rarely show up on the practice green.

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