Following a great performance at the Memorial last week, the man bogeyed his first hole of the day (and the toughest of the course), en route to a 37 (+2) on the front nine.

Then, on the back side, after another bogey at the par-4 4th hole, Couples exploded with three birdies on the last four holes, just as the TV coverage was going on the air.

Eight shots back after the first round, Fred will have a decent shot at the title if he goes low tomorrow. He will propably have to birdie all the par-5′s, thing that he managed to do on thursday.