Fred Couples

  • DOB : October 3, 1959 (1959-10-03) (age 49)Seattle, Washington
  • Height : 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
  • Weight : 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
  • Residence : Montecito, California, USA
  • Spouse : Thais Baker (died 2009)
  • Career : College : University of Houston
  • Turned professional : 1980
  • Current tour(s) : PGA Tour (joined 1992)
  • Professional wins : 46

About

  • Number of wins by tour : PGA Tour : 15
  • European Tour : 2
  • Best results in Major Championships(Wins: 1) : The Masters : Won: 1992
  • U.S. Open : T3: 1991
  • Open Championship : T3: 1991, 2005
  • PGA Championship : 2nd: 1990
  • Achievements and awards : PGA TourPlayer of the Year : 1991, 1992
  • PGA Player of the Year : 1992
  • Vardon Trophy : 1991, 1992
  • Byron Nelson Award : 1991, 1992
  • PGA Tourleading money winner : 1992

Frederick Stephen Couples (born October 3, 1959) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour. He has won numerous events, and is most famous for winning the 1992 Masters Tournament. Because of his long drives, he has been given the nickname "Boom Boom". Couples co-designed the Lost Canyon Golf Course in Simi Valley, California. He can be regularly found practicing at Lost Canyons on days when he has missed the cut or during the weeks in between the off season and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in Palm Spring, California.