Fred Couples

Fred Couples
Personnel
Nation:	United States
Nickname:	Boom Boom Freddy
Career data
Professional since:	1980
Current tour:	Champions Tour , PGA TOUR
Tournament wins:	59
Major wins :	1 (1992), 2 Senior Majors (2011, 2012)
Awards:	PGA TOUR Player of the Year (1991, 1992) World Golf Hall of Fame (2013)

Frederick Stephen Couples (born October 3, 1959 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American professional golfer of the PGA TOUR and the Champions Tour . As a young player he was nicknamed "Boom Boom Freddy" because of his long tee-offs. He is one of the few professionals who play without gloves.

Couples has been one of the select group of major winners since he won the Masters in 1992 . In the same year he was the first US-American to top the world rankings for 16 weeks .

In the course of his long career he had back problems repeatedly. Nevertheless, he is still active and successful. Couples was able to achieve third place at the Masters in April 2006 and was non-playing captain of the victorious US team in the Presidents Cup in October 2009, 2011 and 2013 .

Couples has also played on the Champions Tour since 2010 and had a very successful debut with three wins in the first two months. In August 2011 he won his first senior major , the Senior Players Championship , and another the following year, the Senior British Open Championship .

PGA Tour wins (15)

• 1983 (1) Kemper Open
• 1984 (1) Tournament Players Championship
• 1987 (1) Byron Nelson Golf Classic
• 1990 (1) Nissan Los Angeles Open
• 1991 (2) Federal Express St. Jude Classic , BC Open
• 1992 (3) Nissan Los Angeles Open , Nestlé Invitational , The Masters Tournament
• 1993 (1) Honda Classic
• 1994 (1) Buick Open
• 1996 (1) The PLAYERS Championship
• 1998 (2) Bob Hope Chrysler Classic , Memorial Tournament
• 2003 (1) Shell Houston Open

Major championships are in bold .

European Tour victories

• 1995 (2) Dubai Desert Classic , Johnnie Walker Classic

Champions Tour victories (12)

• 2010 (4) The ACE Group Classic, Toshiba Classic, Cap Cana Championship, Administaff Small Business Classic
• 2011 (2) Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship , AT&T Championship
• 2012 (2) Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, Senior British Open Championship
• 2013 (1) Charles Schwab Cup Championship
• 2014 (2) Toshiba Classic, Shaw Charity Classic
• 2017 (1) Chubb Classic

Senior Major Championships are in bold .

Other tournament victories (30)

• 1978 Washington Open (as an amateur)
• 1983 JCPenney Classic (with Jan Stephenson)
• 1988 Northwest Open
• 1990 Northwest Open, RMCC Invitational (with Raymond Floyd ), Sazale Classic (with Mike Donald)
• 1991 Johnnie Walker World Championship
• 1993 Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International. Skins Game
• 1994 Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International, Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with Brad Faxon ), Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Paul Azinger and Greg Norman )
• 1995 Johnnie Walker World Championship, Skins Game, Telus Skins Game
• 1996 Skins Game, Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Davis Love III and Payne Stewart ), Telus Skins Game
• 1997 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Tom Lehman and Phil Mickelson )
• 1998 Telus Skins Game
• 1999 Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with David Duval ), Telus Skins Game, Diners Club Matches (with Mark Calcavecchia )
• 2000 Telus Skins Game
• 2001 Hyundai Team Matches (with Mark Calcavecchia )
• 2003 The ConAgra Foods Skins Game, Tylenol Par-3 Shootout at Treetops Resort
• 2004 Merrill Lynch Skins Game, Tylenol Par-3 Shootout at Treetops Resort
• 2006 ING Par-3 Shootout

Results in major championships

competition	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	T32	10	T10	T31	DNP	T5	T11
US Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T9	T10	DNP	T46	T10	T21
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T4	DNP	T46	T40	T4	T6
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T3	T23	T20	T6	T36	CUT	CUT	CUT

competition	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters Tournament	5	T35	1	T21	DNP	T10	T15	T7	T2	T27
US Open	CUT	T3	T17	T16	T16	CUT	DNP	T52	T53	CUT
The Open Championship	T25	T3	CUT	T9	DNP	CUT	T7	T7	T66	DNP
PGA Championship	2	T27	T21	T31	T39	T31	T41	T29	T13	T26

competition	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters Tournament	T11	26th	T36	T28	T6	T39	T3	T30	CUT	CUT
US Open	T16	CUT	DNP	T66	CUT	T15	T48	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	6th	CUT	DNP	T46	DNP	T3	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T37	DNP	T34	DNP	T70	CUT	DNP	CUT	T36

competition	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
The Masters Tournament	T6	T15	T12	T13	T21	CUT	DNP	T18	T38	CUT
US Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T32	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10.

Team competitions

• USA vs. Japan: 1984
• Ryder Cup : 1989 (draw), 1991 (winner), 1993 (winner), 1995, 1997
• Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship of Golf: 1990, 1991
• Dunhill Cup : 1991, 1992, 1993 (winner), 1994
• World Cup : 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 (all won together with Davis Love III )
• Presidents Cup : 1994 (winner), 1996 (winner), 1998, 2005 (winner), 2009 (non playing captain, winner), 2011 (non playing captain, winner), 2013 (non playing captain, winner)

See also

• List of winners in major golf tournaments
• List of world number one in men's golf

Web links

(all english)

• Fred Couples unofficial website
• Player profile on the PGA Tour
• Player profile on the PGA European Tour
• Player profile at ESPN
• Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)