Lucas Glover - The Yips

[chillicon]

Actually I think those stats are pretty shabby. Don't know how they compare to the rest of the field but 53% from 6ft? Missing 3 out of every 10 from 4ft? I remember a couple of seasons ago Harrington holed something ridiculous like 3 million putts from 6ft and in without missing.

Lucas glover appears to be last in the pga stats 'putting inside 5ft'.

http://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.403.html

 

[HomerJSimpson]

He definitely has issues, especially on the short ones but I wouldn't say they are the yips. More a lack of confidence, a weak technique, quick greens and leaving downhill putts

 

[chillicon]

He definitely has issues, especially on the short ones but I wouldn't say they are the yips. More a lack of confidence, a weak technique, quick greens and leaving downhill putts

If you check out the difference between his putting at the weekend and his putting 5 years ago, you would struggle to say it was anything other than the tips.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

the tips.

Is that worse or better than the yips? Watch old clips of Langer. They were the yips

 

[chillicon]

Is that worse or better than the yips? Watch old clips of Langer. They were the yips

I can't find any old clips of langers yips, but I suspect they will be just like glovers.

 

[CMAC]

I can't find any old clips of langers yips, but I suspect they will be just like glovers.

nope, with Langer it was actually sad and painful to watch, the club would move back, stop and then stutter before making a horrible jerky stroke with the inevitable miss.

 

[chillicon]

nope, with Langer it was actually sad and painful to watch, the club would move back, stop and then stutter before making a horrible jerky stroke with the inevitable miss.

Glovers was definitely a horrible jerky stroke, with a long pause beforehand. Similar.

 

[MendieGK]

http://www.thegolfblog.com/2015/02/...rebound-but-struggling-with-dreaded-yips.html

this website has a GIF of the putt in question. All reporters are calling it the Yips too.