By Taylor on September 28, 2009
This came out before Phil’s great performance over the weekend at the Tour Championship, and Fred’s faith in his friend proved to be Nostradamus-like.
Phil Mickelson’s late-season performances haven’t been that great, but they haven’t turned off Fred Couples, the captain of the U.S. Presidents Cup team. Couples and Mickelson have traded a number of [...]
Posted in Presidents Cup
By Taylor on September 24, 2009
Fred Couples posted a new blog on the Presidents Cup on Tuesday. From PGATOUR.com:
Here we are in the second week of September, less than a month away from the start of The Presidents Cup. I can’t tell you how exciting it is to be this close to heading to Harding Park and getting the matches [...]
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By Taylor on September 24, 2009
Fred Couples selected US Open Champion Lucas Golver and Hunter Mahan as his captain’s picks for October’s Presidents Cup. From PGATOUR.com:
The top 10 U.S. players who earned the most official PGA TOUR money from the 2007 Wyndham Championship through the 2009 PGA Championship (with money earned in 2009 counting as double) automatically made the U.S. [...]
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By Taylor on July 1, 2009
Fred Couples posted a new blog on the Presidents Cup. From PGATOUR.com:
A lot has happened in the world of golf since I last checked in. It’s hard to believe that in less than four months, The Presidents Cup will be underway in San Francisco. Since I last posted, a couple of players I will be [...]
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By Taylor on May 5, 2009
Fred Couples may be playing in his last PLAYERS Championship this week. Or not. But the TPC Stadium course is the site of some of Fred’s most memorable moments.
Posted in The Players
By Taylor on April 10, 2009
After last week’s promising round, it seemed a certain lock that Fred would at least make the cut this week in the Masters. However, it ended being a carbon copy of last year – coming in hot after a very good performance at the Shell Houston Open, Fred Couples was unable to make the cut [...]
Posted in The Masters
By Taylor on April 10, 2009
Fred Couples missed an opportunity to take advantage of benign scoring conditions on Thursday in the first round of the Masters. While Couples was able to manage five birdies on the day, six bogeys dropped Fred to a +1, 73 in the first round. He is tied for 51st place and finds himself 8 shots [...]
Posted in The Masters
By Taylor on April 7, 2009
Last year it was all about the streak – could Fred Couples continue his record tying streak and one up Gary Player for the consecutive cuts made at the Masters? It was not to be last year, despite coming into the tournament much like this year – off a very good showing at the Houston [...]
Posted in The Masters
By Taylor on April 6, 2009
After shooting 80 and missing the cut at the Arnold Palmer invitational, Fred Couples came back this week and nearly won at the Shell Houston Open.
Standing on the 70th hole, Fred Couples was clinging to a one shot lead over Paul Casey, who was two holes behind him, and JB Holmes, who had finished earlier [...]
Posted in Shell Houston Open
By Taylor on April 5, 2009
Fred Couples was off to a fast start as he finished up his third round in the Shell Houston Open on Sunday morning. Couples birdied two of his first three holes and was just one shot back of leader Bo Van Pelt. Couples gave a brief interview following 27 holes on Saturday:
Q. Freddie, you weren’t [...]
Posted in Shell Houston Open
