Fred Couples has a superb history at The Masters, but his story at Augusta National is not finished just yet.
Couples won The Masters in 1992, when he defeated Raymond Floyd by two shots for his only career major championship win.
That same year, Couples shot a course-record at TPC Sawgrass, but couldn’t get the job done at the Players Championship.
His focus has now switched back to Augusta, where he enters the second round sitting T11 in the leaderboard.
Couples carded a one-under 71 in his opening round of The Masters, level with the likes of recent PGA Tour winners Viktor Hovland and Min Woo Lee.
Fred Couples makes history at The Masters with one-under first round
High-profile stars Shane Lowry, Cameron Smith, Patrick Reed and Bubba Watson also finished Thursday on one-under.
But Couples’s feat undoubtedly stands out more than most, with the 65-year-old’s first round 71 coming 42 years after he broke par at Augusta for the first time in 1983.
As per Justin Ray on X, that span represents the longest time between rounds under par in Masters history.
The records of both Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson stand at 40 years, from 1960-2000 and 1975-2015 respectively.
Fred Couples holes 191-yard eagle on day one of The Masters
Couples enjoyed a stunning start to his latest attempt at Augusta, with the American now playing in his 40th Masters.
He only just made history there in 2023, becoming the oldest player to make the cut at 63 years, six months and five days.
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The veteran has now become the 15th player to make at least 15 starts at Augusta, and remarkably has completed 72 holes there across five different decades.
His latest round included a phenomenal eagle on the par-four 14th, where he holed out from 191 yards, much to the delight of the patrons watching on.
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