By Taylor on February 23, 2009
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 [...]
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By Taylor on February 21, 2009
Fred Couples came out on fire on Saturday in the third round of the Northern Trust Open. A front nine 30 propelled Fred into the lead alone at one point in the round. However, a backnine surge by Phil Mickelson that included four straight birdies moved Fred four clear of second place and five shots [...]
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By Taylor on February 21, 2009
A second round of 70 at the Northern Trust Open dropped Fred back 4 places to 14th place. The 1-under round featured four birdies and three bogeys. Despite dropping down the leaderboard, Fred is still only five shots out of the lead held by Scott McCarron and just three shots out of second place.
Fred [...]
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By Taylor on February 19, 2009
Fred Couples birdied his last two holes, propelling him into the top 10 after the first round of the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, California. The 4-under round puts him in 10th place, just a shot out of a huge group in third place. He is four shots back of [...]
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By Taylor on February 16, 2009
A promising round went south at Pebble Beach on Saturday and Fred Couples missed the cut at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Prior to the tournament, Couples talked about his final year on tour with the San Francisco Chronicle.
Fred Couples wades in no angst about his impending career decision. Many of his golfing colleagues, [...]
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By Taylor on February 12, 2009
Fred tees it up this week for the fourth consecutive time this year in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Fred last played in this tournament in 2007, when he withdrew do to back problems.
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is played at three courses on the Monterey Peninsula in California – Pebble Beach, Spyglass [...]
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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 December 22, 2008
Fred Couples was unable to carry his momentum from his Friday round into the weekend at Sherwood Country Club during the Chevron World Challenge. Couples fired an even par 72 on Saturday and ballooned to a final round 78 on Sunday, dropping him 15 shots behind winner Vijay Singh.
Fred’s final round was the only [...]
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By Taylor on December 19, 2008
Fred Couples made a move up the leaderboard in the second round of the Chevron World Challenge. A second round 69 moved Fred from 9th place to 5th place and is just three shots behind leader Jim Furyk. Couples made 5 birdies and 2 bogeys on the day.
Below is the transcript of the post-second round [...]
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By Taylor on December 19, 2008
Fred Couples is playing in this week’s Chevron World Challenge event at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California. After one round, Fred Couples is in ninth place with an opening round 73. The round featured four birdies and five bogeys over the 18 holes.
Fred will tee off at 1:10 PM Eastern today with [...]
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