A psychologist with the yips explains how he learned to understand and live with madness on the golf course Here’s what I have – the chipping yips. Here’s what I don’t have–“focal dystonia,” a neurological diagnosis offered to yippers like me in the hopes that we might blame ourselves less. Has anyone with the yips […]
Why Golf is so Frustrating
Golf is the only sport in which competitors are expected to call penalties on themselves. Recently, during a playoff at the 2016 Verizon Heritage tournament, Brian Davis called a penalty on himself because he disturbed a stray reed on his backswing in a red-staked hazard. The penalty cost him what would have been his first […]
Golf seems like such a good idea, doesn’t it? It shouldn’t be the nightmare it is for so many people. Spending the morning with your friends, beautiful surroundings, playing and competing, occasionally making contact with the ball so sweet you can hardly feel it, but can only marvel at the sight of the ball doing […]
It’s clear that men have a special love affair with golf. The reasons are varied but not all that complicated. Golf is a game and men love games. It is competitive–even if only with oneself—and men love to compete. It is played outdoors, often in beautiful surroundings, and men love the outdoors. It involves exercise […]