Couples opens strong in Canada
Fred Couples opened the 2008 Canadian Open with a 2-under par 69. The score has him four shots back of the lead held by a trio of golfers - Eric Axley, Anthony Kim and Canada’s own (in case you didn’t know) Mike Weir.
Couples started his day out on the backside, carding birdies at the [...]
Couples enjoying pro-am day at the Canadian Open
Fred Couples enjoyed a leisurely stroll around Glen Abbey Golf Course during the Wednesday pro-am of the RBC Canadian Open.
See the photo gallery with shots from Wednesday here.
From a report in the Edmonton Journal, Fred will have a busy weekend.
As part of their efforts to attract players, tournament organizers rounded up VIP accommodations to local [...]
RBC Canadian Open Week
Fred tees it up this week in a tournament he hasn’t played in since 1995 - the Canadian Open. Fred Couples has competed in nine Canadian Opens. His best finish was second place in 1994 and he’s finished in the top 10 four of the nine times he’s played.
The RBC Canadian Open is played at [...]
Fireworks in the second round of the AT&T
Fred Couples rocketed up the leaderboard in the second round of the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club’s famed Blue Course in Washington, D.C. A second round 68 moved Fred from the cutline all the way up into the top 30.
Couples started his round on hole number 10 - the par 3 that is usually [...]
AT&T National Week
It’s been more than a month since Fred Couples has teed it up in tournament play - the last was his attempt to qualify for the US Open in early June. His last PGA Tour event was the Memorial that ended June 1st. This week, Fred will play in the AT&T National, hosted by Tiger [...]
2008 Memorial Wrap Up
The conditions at Muirfield Village copied what many other PGA Tour tournaments have done - gone to a US Open style setup. The incredibly long, thick rough proved to be an exceedingly difficult challenge and scoring reflected the penal nature of this year’s tournament.
Fred Couples opened the tournament with an even par 72, good enough [...]
Memorial Updates
I’m out of town this week and my computer access is limited, so I won’t be updating until sometime this weekend on the Memorial. Please visit the forum and follow along with other Fred fans on his play this week in Columbus, Ohio.
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. [...]