Fred Couples has withdrawn from this week’s Masters with a back injury. The 1992 champion would have been making his 34th consecutive appearance at Augusta National this week. It’s the first time Couples has missed the Masters since 1982. Couples’ back has long been an issue, restricting how often the University of Houston product can […]
Fred Couples get a call, not The Call, from Ryder Cup task force
December 16, 2014 by
As it turns out, Fred Couples could be the guy asked to end the United States’ three-match Ryder Cup losing streak. Couples, according to Golf.com, has been contacted by the 11-person PGA of America Ryder Cup task force about the possibility of assuming the captaincy from Tom Watson, whose leadership and a five-point American loss […]
Fred Couples questions Mickelson’s Ryder Cup benching
December 12, 2014 by
Some two-and-a-half months after the Ryder Cup was decided, high-profile critics are still scratching their heads about some of U.S. captain Tom Watson’s tactical blunders. In particular, Fred Couples still doesn’t get why Watson sat Phil Mickelson for all of Day 2 at Gleneagles. “I’m not bashing Tom Watson, but sitting Mickelson, your best team […]
