Fred Couples too tired, pulls out of Players Championship
Fred Couples is not an old man ... he just feels like one!
Fred has withdrawn today from the Players Championship and will be replaced in tomorrow's field by rookie Troy Merritt.
The move comes as no surprise. After missing the cut last week at the Quail Hollow Championship, Couples said: “I’m tired. I’m going home. I committed to (The Players), but I don’t think I can possibly go. That’s about it. I had a nice little run, but now I’m going home for a little rest.”
Quail Hollow was Couples’ sixth consecutive week of competition. The grueling stretch was split evenly between US PGA Tour (Shell Houston Open, Masters, Quail Hollow) and Champions Tour (Cap Cana, Outback, Liberty Mutual) on which he is a rookie at the age of 50, and a very successful one at that.
Couples is a two-time Players Championship winner (1984, 1996).
Fred Couples is not an old man ... he just feels like one!
Fred has withdrawn today from the Players Championship and will be replaced in tomorrow's field by rookie Troy Merritt.
The move comes as no surprise. After missing the cut last week at the Quail Hollow Championship, Couples said: “I’m tired. I’m going home. I committed to (The Players), but I don’t think I can possibly go. That’s about it. I had a nice little run, but now I’m going home for a little rest.”
Quail Hollow was Couples’ sixth consecutive week of competition. The grueling stretch was split evenly between US PGA Tour (Shell Houston Open, Masters, Quail Hollow) and Champions Tour (Cap Cana, Outback, Liberty Mutual) on which he is a rookie at the age of 50, and a very successful one at that.
Couples is a two-time Players Championship winner (1984, 1996).
Labels: US PGA TOUR, US PRO TOUR
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