By Taylor on January 21, 2009
Fred Couples teed off his 2009 season on Wednesday at the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, California. Couples, who won the tournament 11 years ago, shot an opening round 68, putting him in 61st place in this annual birdie fest. Leader Pat Perez shot a 61.
Couples played Bermuda Dunes, one of the four [...]
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By Taylor on January 20, 2008
Fred Couples, appearing in his first PGA Tour tournament since the Masters, made the cut on the number on Saturday and followed it up with a 2-under 70 on Sunday to finish in a tie for 56th place. It was Fred’s 22nd made cut in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in 23 tournaments.
Fred made the [...]
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By Taylor on January 18, 2008
Fred Couples returned to a red number on Friday, firing a third round 71 at the Classic Club in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. The 1-under round moved him back to 3-under par, which is a stunning 15 shots off the lead held by Robert Gamez. The current projected cut is -5 and Fred will [...]
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By Taylor on January 18, 2008
Fred Couples fell back in the second round after an opening nine that saw him collect 3 bogeys and a double bogey in his first five holes. A late charge, however, closing with three birdies in his final four holes salvaged what could have been a very bad round. The one-over second round 73 dropped [...]
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By Taylor on January 16, 2008
When you’ve been out for nine months, usually you’re happy if you don’t shank it off the first tee. Fred Couples gave notice that things are in fairly good order for 2008 by shooting an opening 69, good enough for -3 and just 4 shots out of the lead held by 5 players. None of [...]
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By Taylor on January 16, 2008
This article from the Desert Sun looks back to Fred’s 1998 victory over Bruce Lietzke.
How he won: Fred Couples had threatened time and again in the Hope tournament in the 1990s. He finally broke through to win the event in 1998, but even then he had to survive a playoff with a past Hope winner [...]
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By Taylor on January 15, 2008
Fred Couples is returning to the PGA Tour for the first time since last year’s Masters when he tees it up this week in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. See the schedule page for TV Times.
Tee Times this week (Times EST):
Wednesday: La Quinta 11:57 1st tee
Thursday: PGA West 1:09 10th tee
Friday: Classic Club 12:33 1st [...]
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By David on January 30, 2007
Fans will have to wait another week to see Fred inaugurate his 2007 season. PGA XM Radio reported that Couples withdrew from the Bob Hope Classic on wednesday because of a mild calf injury.
This decision is probably precautionary, since it is very probable that Fred will compete in five of the next six tournaments on [...]
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By David on January 27, 2006
Fred saved his best round of the tournament for the end, and carded a bogey-free round of 67 (-5) in the fifth and final round of the Bob Hope Classic.
Following a difficult fourth round, where he shot even par with 32 putts (his worst performance of the week) Couples birdied the two par-5’s on the [...]
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By David on January 22, 2006
Despite a promising first nine in the third round, Couples settled down on the back side and finished with a 4-under 68 at the Bob Hope Classic.
While this score is excellent in many other tournaments, such a performance can be considered as average at this particular event. Playing one of the easiest courses today, Couples [...]
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