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In addition, Fred Couples has been a member of four Ryder Cup teams in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995. He ... secured victories for his country in the 1994 and 1996 Presidents Cups. Over his career, Couples has been given many honors, including the Vardon Trophy for 1991-1992 and the Arnold Palmer Award in 1992. Couples has had fourteen PGA tour victories, including the 1983 Kemper Open, the 1984 Players Championship, the 1987 Byron Nelson Classic, the 1990 Nissan Los Angeles Open, the 1991 Federal Express St. Jude Classic, the 1991 B.C. Open, the 1992 Nissan Los Angeles Open, the 1992 Nestle Invitational, the 1992 Masters, the 1993 Honda Classic, the 1994 Buick Open, the 1996 Players Championship, the 1998 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and the 1998 Memorial.
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Masters champion, Ryder Cup star, twice winner of the PGA Tour Player of the Year, Fred Couples is one of the world's most popular players. Fred has compiled both a great playing record and a worldwide following of fans who admire his athletic abilities and personal style. One of very few PGA Tour players to have recorded wins over the three decades of the 1980's, 1990's and 2000's, Fred’s most recent victory at the 2003 Shell Houston Open reflects his renewed dedication to the game, and a resurgence of this talented player to the forefront of golf’s headliners.
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Fred Couples won the 1984 Tournament Players Championship, while carding a then TPC Sawgrass course record 64, and repeated in 1996 with a new TPC course record, 63. In 1992, Fred conquered Augusta National and won The Masters. He ... received the Arnold Palmer Award as the leading money winner on the PGA Tour that year. In 1991 and 1992, he was the PGA Tour player of the year and winner of the Vardon Trophy. He is feared in match play and was a member of the 1989,1991,1993 and 1995 U.S. Ryder Cup teams, and the 1994 and 1996 U.S. President's Cup teams and teamed with Davis Love lll to win a record four consecutive World Cup of Golf titles.
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Two-time Players champion Fred Couples is not only missing the tournament for only the second time since he first played in 1982, but there is no firm date when his back would allow him to return to the PGA Tour. "He's hurting right now," said Lynn Roche, Couples' agent. "He was hurting at Augusta [during the Masters] and he tried to rest for The Players. He loves the event and he knows it's center stage. But he's just trying to rest and get it to calm down a little." Roche said terming Couples' ability to play a week-to-week decision would be optimistic...It's more like month-to-month now." Couples won The Players in 1984 and 1996, becoming the first player to win twice at the Stadium Course.
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Beyond his 14 Tour victories (including a Masters title and two wins at THE PLAYERS Championship), Fred Couples is known for his effortless swing and prodigious power. However, those who study the mechanics of the golf swing know that, despite his easy-going demeanor, Couples possesses outstanding technique and is a great golfer to learn from. Try to copy his sand play technique, for example (Couples topped the Sand Save Percentage ranking in 2000), and you, too, might play in five Ryder Cups (but don't count on it).
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Fred Couples has achieved an astounding 14 PGA tour victories, with the 1992 Masters the jewel in his crown. His strength is obviously his driving, and correspondingly his iron play lives and dies with it. His first PGA tour win was in the five-man playoff at the 1983 Kemper Open, which he followed by capturing the Tournament Players Championship in 1984. He then claimed his first of two Nissan Los Angeles Open titles in 1990. In 1992, he finished first on the PGA Money list tallying over 1.3 million dollars.
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