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Frederick Stephen Couples (born October 3, 1959 in Seattle, Washington) is a agency golfer on the PGA TOUR. Because of his hanker causes, he has been given a nickname "Boom Boom."

Fred number 1 played golf game in Seattle's public links course, & admits to typically sneaking in!

Couples attended a University of Houston, where he roomed by owning Blaine McCallister and CBS television broadcaster Jim Nantz. His 1st PGA Tour triumph come at a 1983 Kemper Open. He has amassed Xv amount PGA triumph, including a Players Championship twice and The Masters Tournament in 1992, his only Major triumph. He has been known as a PGA Tour Streaming video player of the Month twice, around 1991 and 1992 and has been named to the Ryder Cup team five days (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997). He spent Xvi weeks at first in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Couples is every now and again known as "Mr. Skins" because of his dominance in the Skins Game. He has won a event 5 days, accumulating US$3,515,00& 77 skins within Eleven appearances. He won 5 of the Skins Games overall (1995, 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2004).

Fred has typically been accused of choking within his early career, by using mistakes in the 1989 Ryder Cup and the 1990 PGA Championship at Shoal Creek often mentioned.

Fred, but, became a foremost U.s. streaming video player to email there are no.Unity in the Globe Rankings. His exclusively major, at Augusta National, came by owning a stroke of full fortune at the Twelfth hole. Although his ball rolled back towards a a river, it implausibly remained on the bank.

Fred occurs as frequent visitant to Britain and has an excellent record in the Open Championship, in which he has finished many days in the top x. His better stores come attached Tertiary around 1991 at Royal Birkdale -shooting a previous spherical 64, & attached Third around 2005 at St Andrew's. He completed his 1st visit to St Andrews in 1984 on a outstanding high by holing his approach at Eighteen for an eagle on the final day.

Fred's section in the United states 1993 Dunhill Cup win included triumph altogether 5 of his matches, & his overall record reads: played Xvi, won 12, misused Quaternity.

Inside 2004 Fred Couples won the Dunhill Links Championship Team Event at St Andrews, partnered by New Zealand amateur Craig Heatley.

Around 2005 Fred sank a important putting in the President's Cup, securing an unlikely 1-shot victory over the International team's best player, Vijah Singh. This match proved to exist as polar in the contest. Couples has okay, played Vijah 3 days around President's Ventral suction cup matchplay & has eventually to lose.

PGA Tour wins
1983 Kemper Open 1984 Tournament Players Championship 1987 Byron Nelson Golf Classic 1990 Nissan Los Angeles Open 1991 Federal Express St. Jude Classic, B.C. Open 1992 Nissan Los Angeles Open, Nestlé Invitational, Masters Tournament 1993 Honda Classic 1994 Buick Open 1996 THE PLAYERS Championship 1998 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Memorial Tournament 2003 Shell Houston Open

Results in major championships

DNP = did non play
CUT = missed a half way cut
"T" indicates the tie for the place.

Team appearances
USA vs. Japan: 1984 Ryder Cup: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship of Golf: 1990, 1991 Dunhill Cup: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 World Cup of Golf: (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 The Presidents Cup: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2005

The Fred Couples Homepage
Fan site with news, career and background information, a photo gallery, a message board and guestbook.

Golf Stars Online - Fred Couples
Reviewed links to websites, articles, interviews, endorsements and other online resources.

Golfonline: Fred Couples
A short profile together with detailed current and historical statistics covering his career tournament results and playing performances.

Ten Years After Masters Win
Extensive background information, anecdotes and quotes about Fred Couples and his 1992 US Masters win.

US PGA Tour: Fred Couples
Biography, photos, detailed playing statistics and tournament results for his PGA Tour appearances.






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