2009 THE PLAYERS
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Buy Fred’s Cali home
Fred Couples has put his Montecito home on the market for $12.5 million. According to an article in the LA Times, the home includes tennis court, pool and rose garden.
The 11,000-square-foot, two-story Monterey Colonial was built in 1939 and sits on 5 acres with sweeping ocean and mountain views. The main house has nine bedrooms [...]
Couples finishes third in LA
Fred Couples couldn’t repeat the front nine heroics of a day prior and finished in third place in the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. It was a day that has been all to common for Couples over the year - outstanding ball striking, but a flat stick that just [...]
Fred scores top 25 in Vegas
Fred Couples played four solid rounds in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open in Las Vegas. It netted Fred a top 25 - a significant achievement given that Fred had missed the cut in his last three events including the PGA Championship, the Barclays and the Deutsche Bank Championship. It marked his sixth [...]
“I’m done with golf.”
Fred Couples had the following comments after missing the cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship:
LOWERING THE BOOM-BOOM: The four-man field for the LG Skins Game was announced last week, and the biggest news was who would not be playing at Indian Wells over Thanksgiving weekend.
How can there be a Skins Game without Fred Couples?
Couples is [...]
Couples captures top 20 in Canada; Off to the PGA?
Fred Couples lit up the front nine in the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, firing a blistering 5-under 30. Unfortunately, Fred was unable to keep up the pace he had set on the outward half as he bogeyed three holes in on the back nine. He did birdie the last hole, carding a [...]
Couples says he won’t play Scotland anymore, but…
From the Sunday Mail:
FRED COUPLES says Scotland may have seen the last of him as a dodgy back has forced him to retire from competing outside the United States.
The former Masters champion, 48, has been a popular figure at the Barclays Scottish Open.
On his last trip two years ago he even stayed around all week [...]
Fred on cover of April Golf Digest
Fred Couples is featured on the cover of the April Golf Digest. He gives a playing lesson aptly titled “Swing Easy, Hit Hard”.
Fred to play TELUS World Skins
Fred Couples has committed to the TELUS World Skins Game. The tournament will be held at the Predator Ridge Golf Course in British Columbia, Canada June 16-17th, 2008. In addition to Fred, fellow Presidents Cup captain Greg Norman will also be playing. Below is the entire press release. (Thanks to Fantastic Fred Fan freddiefanatic for [...]
Fred four shots back at PODS
Fred Couples birdied the two outward half par fives and parred the rest in the opening round of the PODS Championship. The 2-under 69 leaves him four shots behind first round leader Bart Bryant, although several players were unable to complete their round due to rain.
This is Fred’s second time playing in the PODS Championship [...]
“Golf needs Fred.”
Sports Illustrated’s Gary Van Sickle pens a long article on Fred, his play thus far and being named Presidents Cup captain. A long article that feels both nostalgic and optimistic.
Here’s a sample.
The best thing about Fred may be that he still thinks golf is fun, and that golf should be fun. That’s why, despite his [...]