World Golf Championships
Top 20 for Couples at WGC
After an horrible first round of 74 (+4), Fred Couples bounced back with three great rounds of golf and finished tied for 15th place at the WGC American Express Championship.
With a $87,333,333 check for that performance, Fred Couples is now 31st on the money list, which is only one rank shy of the magical Top [...]
Couples defeats Lonard
Fred Couples won his first match at the WGC Match Play Championship against Peter Lonard. He will now play Retief Goosen in the second round.
Playing just ahead of Tiger Woods, Fred still experienced some problems with the flat stick, but managed to get the job done after he took a 2-UP lead with three holes [...]
First round postponed @ WGC Match Play Championship
Thursday, February 24 2005
Fred is playing this week at the WGC Match Play Championship, but it looks like he will not play his first match against Peter Lonard on wednesday, as the first round of matches was postponed to thursday today.
To consult the brackets of the tournament, follow this link:
http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/scoring/viewable/r470/
First-round matches postponed until Thursday
Feb. 22, [...]
Couples top 40 in Ireland
In his first tournament since the Buick Championship in late august, Fred Couples tied for 36th place at the American Express Championship.
After an ordinary round of 73 (+1) on thursday, Couples bounced back with a superb 67 (-5) on friday to make the cut. With a round of 70 (-2) during saturday’s round, Couples put [...]
Surprise surprise
Just as we thought Fred was done for the season, the man entered the field of this week’s PGA Tour event: the American Express Championship.
Couples will thus fly to Ireland to play an elite field of players starting on thursday. A good performance by Fred at that tournament could mean a possible
Third round 69
After a slow start on thursday and a good recovery on friday, Fred Couples shot 69 (-1) in the third round of the NEC Invitational.
Couples started off very strong with an eagle on the par-5 second hole. Back in the top 20 at that moment, Fred hit some very solid shots on the front nine, [...]
Fred Faulters in Final Round
For as good as Saturday was for Fred Couples, Sunday was just as bad. Unable to get anything going early, Fred fell flat on the back nine with back to back double bogeys. Fred could not get a putt to fall and the short ones gave him trouble again. Fred fell from second all the [...]
Fred Destroys Firestone
Fred Couples came out Saturday on fire and made his statement. He birdied the first three holes on route to a front nine 31 and contiued his torrid pace through the back nine, capping his third round by making a 30 foot putt for birdie on 18. A 32 on the back gave Fred a [...]
Fred’s First Round Complete
Fred completed his fist round this morning very well. After struggling yesterday, this morning Fred came out confident and poised to play. He birdied two of his final six holes to complete his rain suspended first round with a one-over par 71. That score has left him five shots off the pace set by Tiger [...]
Fred Stays Put in Second Round
Fred Couples played his second round without much flair, firing an even par 70 to remain in a tie for 22nd place. Fred started his second round hoping to carry momentum over from his first round when he birdied two of the final holes while completing his first round in the morning. The one over [...]
