The Players
The final act?
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.
Couples even par round vaults him up the leaderboard
Despite the disappointment of Saturday, Fred Couples bounced back with a very solid even par 72 in the final round of the Players Championship. The incredibly difficult conditions meant that anything at even par or better would be a fantastic round, and Fred delivered.
In fact, Fred would have finished the day under par, and a [...]
Front nine 41 derails Couples
A front nine 41 took away just about any chance Fred Couples had of winning the tournament. Fred had a particularly bad stretch of holes from 5-10, going bogey, par, double bogey, bogey, par, bogey taking him from the top ten all the way down to 34th place. The third round 77 has him 10 [...]
Fred moves up the leaderboard
Despite hitting a ball in the water at 9 and 17, Fred Couples was still able to make it around TPC Sawgrass at even par in the second round of the Players. The conditions were extremely tough in the second round, with a constant wind of about 20 miles per hour with gusts near 30. [...]
Couples in top 10 after round 1
A lot of golf left to play in the 2008 Players Championship, but Fred Couples had a solid first day, shooting a 2-under 70. The score has him in a tie for ninth place, three shots behind leader Sergio Garcia.
Couples went out in 34, birdieing the fourth and eighth holes and came in at even [...]
Players Championship week
Coming off of last week’s top ten performance at the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, Fred looks to build on his solid season in the PGA Tour’s premier event – The Players Championship. Fred’s history in the Players is well known – his two wins, one in 1984 and again in 1996, are [...]
Fred is in the Players!
Fred Couples has made the field for next week’s Players Championship as an alternate. With the withdrawal of Will MacKenzie, Fred Couples was officially added to the Players field on Friday. Fred made the field by virtue of his FedEx Cup standings and was the second alternate yesterday. Fred has played in 24 Players tournaments [...]
Sun hasn’t set on Fred in the Players
There are two ways Fred Couples could make next week’s Players Championship:
1. Win this week at the Wachovia; or
2. Have two players drop out of the Players
According to Jacksonville.com, Fred is the second alternate for the Players.
The eligibility list for next week’s Players Championship continues to reshuffle, with the losses of Arron Oberholser and Loren [...]
Fred should recieve special exemption to PLAYERS
As a two time winner of the event, Fred Couples should receive a lifetime invitation to the PLAYERS Championship. In fact, all multiple winners of the PLAYERS Championship should receive a lifetime invitation to the event.
Multiple winners include (in addition to Fred):
Jack Nicklaus (1974, 1976, 1978)
Hal Sutton (1983, 2000)
Steve Elkington (1991, 1997)
Davis Love III (1992, [...]
An Ace and a 35th place
Fred Couples finished 35th at the Players Championship, shooting 75 (+3) and 74 (+2) in the last two rounds. The man also hit the shot of the tournament on sunday, when he aced the par-3 13th hole.
If we take a closer look at Fred’s stats for the week, we quickly realise that the putting kept [...]
