Mikumu Horikawa started YouTube Channel during this pandemic to promote Men's golf and now he has 140,000 followers. He shows lessons and introduces other professional's gears. But one thing he would not talk on that channel is about his yips.

"It would be miserable and won't make good viewer counts."

Mikumu's symptoms occurs when he gets nervous and suddenly his right hand gets out of control.

"For the past 2 years, I really suffered and felt like it was 10 years of struggle. 2 years ago, I couldn't even make 2 to 3 meters. I just couldn't trust my putting anymore and felt helpless."

Yips still haunted him as he started off his Final Round with 3 stroke lead. Mikumu's caddy recalled it happened on 15th.

"It was 6-meter uphill putt. Mikumu is better off with downhill. His right hand loosens without control when he needs to make strong putts. Mikumu was calm and laughing that the yips popped up again."

Mikumu says, it was really worse in the summertime.

"My caddy and I read the lines, but I told him my putting won't go as I wish, so we laughed that reading the line is waste of time."

Mikumu tried everything from changing the way to breath, putting with eyes closed, and trying out all kinds of putters. Even though he was suffering, he never became pessimistic. Then yips started to happen during his practice, but this didn't make Mikumu worry, instead he was happy that he might be able to find the solution.

"Yips started to happen on practice and gave me the chance to adjust. When yips only happen on the tournament, there is no way to make adjustment during the game."

Mikumu says, he won't share his secrets, but he has found the way to cope with yips. His 7-meter eagle try on the final hole didn't go in, but it was perfect touch.

"I had to play with Shugo Imahira and super rookie Takumi Kayana, who are very talented and don't want to battle against. But as they made so many great birdies, I was able to receive good vives and my putts started to go in as well. Yips made me really suffer mentally, but now I feel it was good that I became yips. I didn't practice before since I had no worries, but now I really practice a lot. I think about golf a lot, and research about golf so that I could cure this yips. I am aiming to cure this perfectly and I know that when I completely cure this, I would become greater player in much higher level."