Fred Couples

Frederick Steven Couples (born October 3, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has competed on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. A former World No. 1, he has won 64 professional tournaments, most notably the Masters Tournament in 1992 and the Players Championship in 1984 and 1996. Couples became the oldest person to make the cut in the Masters Tournament history during the 2023 Tournament at 63 years, six months, and five days.

Basics

• College
  • University of Houston
• Turned Pro
  • 1980
• Current Tour
  • PGA Tour Champions¹
• Previous Tours
  • PGA Tour

Results

• Professional Wins
  • 64
• Wins By Tour
  • PGA Tour: 15
  • European Tour: 3
  • PGA Tour Champions: 14
  • European Senior Tour: 1
  • Other: 33
• Highest Ranking
  • 1 (March 22, 1992 – 16 Weeks)
• Best Major Results
  • The Masters: Won (1992)
  • PGA Championship: 2nd (1990)
  • US Open: T3 (1991)
  • The Open Championship: T3 (1991, 2005)
  • The Players’ Championship: Won x2 (1984 & ’96)
• Senior Major Best Results
  • The Tradition: 2 (2013)
  • Senior PGA Championship: T2 (2010)
  • Senior Players Championship: Won (2011)
  • US Senior Open: 2 (2010)
  • Senior British Open Championship: Won (2012)
• Awards
  • World Golf Hall of Fame: 2013
  • PGA Tour Player of the Year: 1991 & ’92
  • Byron Nelson Award²: 1991 & ’92
  • Vardon Trophy³: 1991 & ’92
  • PGA Tour Money List Winner: 1992
  • PGA Player of the Year: 1992
  • Champions Tour Rookie of the Year: 2010
  • Champions Tour Byron Nelson Award: 2010, ’12, & ’13⁴
• International and Team Golf
  • United States
  • USA vs. Japan: 1984
  • Ryder Cup Player⁵
    • 1989 (Tie)
    • 1991
    • 1993
    • 1995
    • 1997
  • Four Tours World Championships⁶
    • 1990
    • 1991
  • Dunhill Cup⁷
    • 1991
    • 1992
    • 1993
    • 1994
  • World Cup of Golf⁸
    • 1992 – Partnered with Davis Love III
    • 1993 – Partnered with Davis Love III
    • 1994 – Partnered with Davis Love III
    • 1995 – Partnered with Davis Love III⁹
  • Presidents Cup¹⁰ As a Player
    • 1994
    • 1996
    • 1998
    • 2005
  • Presidents Cup as a Non-Playing Captain
    • 2009
    • 2011
    • 2013
  • UBS Cup¹¹
    • 2004¹²
  • Wendy’s 3 Tour Challenge¹³ (representing PGA Tour)
    • 1992
    • 1994
    • 1996
    • 1997
    • 1998
    • 2001
    • 2004
    • 2005
    • 2009

1. Formerly known as the PGA Senior Tour ↩︎
2. Awarded to the PGA Tour’s leader in adjusted scoring average. ↩︎
3. Awarded to the PGA Tour’s leader in scoring average. ↩︎
4. Awarded to the PGA Champions Tour’s leader in adjusted scoring average. ↩︎
5. The Ryder Cup is a biennial men’s golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States ↩︎
6. The Four Tours World Championship was an annual professional golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 1991. It was played between teams representing the four main professional tours: the American PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour. ↩︎
7. The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000, sponsored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. It was for three-man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the “World Team Championship”. It was a “special approved event” on the European Tour, which means that it was supported by the Tour, but the prize money did not count towards the Tour’s Order of Merit. The host course was the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. ↩︎
8. The World Cup of Golf is a men’s golf tournament contested by teams of two representing their country. Only one team is allowed from each country. ↩︎
9. Record for 4 consecutive World Cup of Golf wins by a country with the same players for all 4. ↩︎
10. The Presidents Cup is a series of men’s golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. ↩︎
11. The UBS Cup was a team golf tournament contested by the United States and a team representing the “Rest of the World” which ran from 2001 to 2004. In 2001 and 2002 it was called the UBS Warburg Cup. Six golfers on each side had to be 50 or over, and the remaining six had to be in their forties. It was sanctioned by the PGA Tour (which operates the Champions Tour for golfers over 50) and the European Seniors Tour. Like the Ryder Cup, the competition was a mixture of foursomes, four-ball and singles ↩︎
12. Final time the event was held. ↩︎
13. The Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge was an unofficial golf event held in November at the Rio Secco Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada at Reflection Bay Golf Club. The tournament was a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pitted three teams, with three members per team, from the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, and the Champions Tour (known as the Senior PGA Tour prior to 2001) against each other. ↩︎