Slime
Tour Winner
Having never suffered from either, except for the odd shot or two, I was wondering which is the most damaging to your game ................ which one do you fear the most, or are they both as bad as each other?
Shanks or Yips?
- Thread starter Slime
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If you're DelC chances are you have both on the same hole. Had the shanks a few times but they usually go quickly enough
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
Having had both I would say the yips are worse
Lump
Tour Winner
No comparison. Shanks are the devil spawn. Standing over every iron shot scared numb it's going to head off 45* right never to be seen again.
At least with a yip you find the ball!
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
At least you can cure a shank with a lesson
williamalex1
Money List Winner
Shanks for me, if i'm going to have one it'll be when playing my 2nd shot down to our 6th 
Where i'm usually left with a wedge with a downhill lie, to a solid slopping green below, there's about 20/ 30 ft elevation change.
Where i'm usually left with a wedge with a downhill lie, to a solid slopping green below, there's about 20/ 30 ft elevation change.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Had the shanks. Awful as they were I couldn't enjoy golf if I was unable to roll the ball along the floor. that must be a brutal feeling.
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
It's hellish Gaz, I'm still suffering the yips on longer putts. I can have a 20ft straight putt and miss it hole high 6 foot wide.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Jesus, golf is hard enough. usually its the short ones people get yippy with. Glad I've never had to witness it myself. I actually had to Google what a shank was years ago. Wish I hadn't. It was before id hit one. :rofl:
Crow
Crow Person
Whichever you have at the time.
I had the shanks bad a couple of years ago, still get the odd one now, soul destroying but I'm coming through it.
I think the shanks shot my confidence through for the whole game and I'm sure I've now got the chipping yips as a result, soul destroying and they happen much more frequently per shot than the shanks did.
At least with the shanks I could carry my trusty 9 wood (I tended to shank my longer irons), the nearest I can get to a crutch with the chipping yips is to chip with a 5 or 6 iron, or putt.... not easy when you have a bunker or similar to carry.
I had the shanks bad a couple of years ago, still get the odd one now, soul destroying but I'm coming through it.
I think the shanks shot my confidence through for the whole game and I'm sure I've now got the chipping yips as a result, soul destroying and they happen much more frequently per shot than the shanks did.
At least with the shanks I could carry my trusty 9 wood (I tended to shank my longer irons), the nearest I can get to a crutch with the chipping yips is to chip with a 5 or 6 iron, or putt.... not easy when you have a bunker or similar to carry.
Kraxx68
Head Pro
Shank for me, sometimes I'll suddenly start shanking my wedge, at least with a yip, your balls still close to the hole on the next shot and not buried deep in a bush!!
Piece
Tour Winner
Yips for me. More subconscious than mechanical issues with shanks.
Hallsy
Challenge Tour Pro
After tonights game the shanks
El Diablo
Assistant Pro
Shanks come and go but only from time to time - the yips scar permanently and are always lurking when the pressure is on.
chrisd
Major Champion
Luckily I haven't suffered with either except a very very occasionally shank. I haven't voted but I guess a shank is caused by a swing fault so is always curable
mcbroon
Journeyman Pro
Yips, by a country mile.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
What if you have a yippy shank?
D
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Yips by miles. At least with shanks you can goto a 9, 11, 13 wood etc to solve the problem and if I had shanks bad I would revert to them for sure, with yips there is no hiding from it and no putter allowed is going to solve the issue.
Very early on when playing golf, I had one day that I could not control the putter on the way back and way though, it was moving all over the place almost like I was spasming why I don't know to this day and try not to think about it when putting not the best confidence booster.:rofl: Missed short and long putts by miles, playing partners could not believe it but had a good old laugh. Next time I played I changed to left hand down to ensure a change and give me something else to focus on and touch wood etc and prefer the left hand down.
Very early on when playing golf, I had one day that I could not control the putter on the way back and way though, it was moving all over the place almost like I was spasming why I don't know to this day and try not to think about it when putting not the best confidence booster.:rofl: Missed short and long putts by miles, playing partners could not believe it but had a good old laugh. Next time I played I changed to left hand down to ensure a change and give me something else to focus on and touch wood etc and prefer the left hand down.
JohnnyDee
Tour Winner
As a reformed shanker from ten years ago (but it's still 1 game at a time) I believe the shanks are the worst of the two evils.
A yippy putt will probably cost you a shot on a hole. However a shank will often take you from the middle of the fairway into a ditch that just shouldn't be a factor in your shot, or maybe gets your ball buried deeply in a shrub which again should never have factored from your start position. Penalty is normally at least two or sometimes three crazy squandered shots.
Even now when under pressure, the Barclay's Gremlin still perches on my shoulder whispering his evil poison.
A yippy putt will probably cost you a shot on a hole. However a shank will often take you from the middle of the fairway into a ditch that just shouldn't be a factor in your shot, or maybe gets your ball buried deeply in a shrub which again should never have factored from your start position. Penalty is normally at least two or sometimes three crazy squandered shots.
Even now when under pressure, the Barclay's Gremlin still perches on my shoulder whispering his evil poison.
