Graham DeLaet took more than a month off from the PGA Tour in May and June to fix the chipping yips. It appeared he had gotten over the problem, finishing T-29 at the Barracuda Championship and T-8 at the Barabsol Championship.
I'm dealing with incredible anxiety while chipping/pitching right now. It's not fun. I needed to WD to get it sorted out and get back ASAP.
— Graham DeLaet (@GrahamDeLaet) June 1, 2016
However, DeLaet's chipping yips came back with a vengeance on two different holes during Thursday's opening round of the 2016 RBC Canadian Open.
@NoLayingUp pic.twitter.com/mZ1kk5Yvns
— Inside the Dopes (@InsidetheDopes) July 21, 2016
On the first of the two holes, at the ninth at Glen Abbey Golf Club, DeLaet double-bogeyed after a little back-and-forth with a wedge.
Seven holes later at No. 16, it was worse. DeLaet got to the greenside bunker in 2 at the par 5, but then skulled his bunker shot into another bunker, from which he needed two shots to escape. That led to another double bogey as part of an opening-round 77.
