Stymied - Why The Name?

For "in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"...

sty·​mie | \ ˈstī-mē - to present an obstacle to; stand in the way of.

One occasionally hears the term stymie in other contexts, but it is thought the term originated in golf, where it was a part of the predominant game of matchplay until its obsolescence in 1952, by which point matchplay itself was an endangered species. Up until that point, a player co…