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Golf-Els Hoping To Take A Firm Grip On The Yips


Champ Kind
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Ernie Els is determined to put struggles with his short putting game behind him by working with a changed grip and playing golf "properly" again this year after battling with the yips. The 46-year-old four-times major champion has missed some crucial short putts over the last year and again at the South African Open this week, where he duffed one from 18 inches on his way to missing the cut. Els has tried the grip, where the left hand is low, briefly before, but has struggled with the yips, a nervous condition in which athletes suddenly lose their ability to perform a certain skill.

 

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