To avoid the yips he changed his style of putting.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Most of us have heard the term yips in sports before, but what are they exactly?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Choke] Reference

Unfortunately this left with him with what golfers call the yips, or perhaps the tweeps.    From Wordnik.com.  [ Guardian Online] Reference

Golfers have the "yips," a nervousness that leads to flubbed putts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Professional Baseball Faces Loaded Issue: Mental Health] Reference

What wondrous words would we hear in place of little "yips" and "grrrs"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [fifille - French Word-A-Day] Reference

The piercing "yips" of cowboys meant nothing but an excess of spirits.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady Doc] Reference

"yips" after fielding routine ground balls this season, to the list of concerned Yankees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Title run would be Yanks' most improbable] Reference

Miller told me once he won despite the putting yips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back in the swing at the Open again thanks to cricket's silly season] Reference

Even Molly's yips and barks contributed to the music.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music To My Sorrow]

Early a.m. chills -- a sure sign that she had the yips.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Tabloid]

I imagine creating that balance would give anyone the yips.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Constant Journey] Reference

Knew what had happened as soon as I heard the painful yips.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

A Quick, Happy P.S. Good thing I've gotten the yips under control.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Beginning] Reference

The usual barks and yips from her crew greeted her as she returned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ice Hunt]

The pitch of their yips rose as they realized they couldn't find me.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

When Ross Ed replied, barks and yips seemed to issue from his mouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jed the Dead]

They answered, a chorus of yips and barks individual to each animal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Riverwind the Plainsman]

I like distress calls but have had good success with yips and howlers.    From Wordnik.com.  [do any of yall use coyote calls?and if so do the work good?] Reference

Phil splashes water on Marion, and Marion yips and splashes him back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Camp #7] Reference

"But anyone with the yips or a bad stroke should try anything they can.".    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Couples among those bellying up to their putts] Reference

Proving every telecast has its yips, CBS 'card gets docked in some areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Venturi shows class in farewell] Reference

Charles 'and Karma's voices rose happily above the excited yips of the pup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death Blow]

At the camp, the usual cacophony of yips and barks greeted his safe return.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ice Hunt]

The result is a novel that makes you laugh and gives you the yips all at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [Books: Laughs In The Least Likely Places] Reference

As Hendrick sat up the whine rose into a pair of sharp yips, and then a growl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy of Heorot]

The barks and yips and howls stopped ominously as they topped the first crest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Changeling]

Nor is she your typical highborn Northern Italian heiress — all yips and orders.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Dolce Carla] Reference

I was nestled down, out of sight, long before I heard the excited yips up above me.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

Rats, rats and more rats, dying in a frenzy of yips and squeaks and squirting blood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Renegade's Magic]

A howl came from behind them, followed by short yips, and another of acknowledgment.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

His dog sat at his feet, saluting their departure with several joyful yips and barks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]

But it doesn't help what's happening inside his head, the yips to which he's now prey.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sorrow and the Citi: James Wolcott] Reference

There were growls and yips of confusion, and Ney - sa blew a volley of startled notes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Adept]

To their surprise, they heard an answering wolf howl, then a few yips, and another reply.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

Jorana's barks and yips rose and fell euphoniously in the still, hu'mid air of the longhouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Howling Stones]

Now that the shadows lengthen on his career he is unlikely to suffer from his early period yips.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

Lifting his head and starting with a few preliminary yips, he howled his wolf song loud and long.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]