Couples If He Wins: "It would be a walk off."

Dave Shedloski on 52-year-old Masters second round co-leader Fred Couples, who says he always feels young when he comes to Augusta.

He was asked more than once if he could win. "I believe I can, yes," he said succinctly.

And if he should win, well, Couples doesn't know what he'd do next, but it wouldn't include much competitive golf beyond returning to Augusta. "You'd probably never see me again if I won," he said. "It would be a walk off."

Comments

[Used to be Former Stack & Tilt Convert]

A "walk off" victory for Freddie would guarantee him as a first ballot member of the Hall of Fame of Cool.

[BrianS]

I like Freddie as much as the next guy, but haven't we been here before (2006, 2010)? The putter will fail him if things get tight, and with that leaderboard breathing down his neck, they will. Predict a 73,72 weekend for Fred, which should still get him T10.

[D.]

He has as good of a chance as anyone else who is at the top. The Champions Tour has given him the feeling of being in the hunt and winning so it is definitely possible.

Does anyone else think he sounds like Yogi Berra?

On GC, he said "If you throw shots away, your'e giving shots away to the field.".

[Irish Golf Nut]

I just dont get it this whole Freddie thing?
How do other non-American Shacklefordians feel?

[UnderTheChin]

Yeah strictly an American phenomenon. How many times will we hear about his bad back this weekend? 50?

[gov. lepetomane]

He has a chance, but as alluded by BrianS, when leading recent Masters he has demonstrated a behavior with the putter, an effect often described by Johnny Miller with a term that rhymes with the word, "oak." Dave Pelz probably cringes every time he jabs in one of those 3 footers, but the technique usually works for him.

If by walk off Couples means he would retire from golf or from Masters competition I am reluctant to take that seriously.

[Mulligan]

What would Tiger say if Joe asked him for permission to take Freddies bag for the last 2 days?

[JSS]

It's BS. If Freddie won it would take him about 2 weeks to figure out he has nothing else to do. The pressure by the Senior tour would also be to great for him to ignore.

[Media driven]

who is freddie's caddie now? didn't his girlfriend caddie for a while? Who is she anyway?

[Buffett]

The likelihood of Freddie quitting, even if he won the next 2 majors also, is as great as him going on the space shuttle to the moon. What would he do all day long at the age of 52?

[sir real]

His caddie this week is named Casey, don't know his last name, but he caddied for Fuzzy for a lot of years.

[Porky Oliver's Putter]

Amazingly we didn't hear anything about his 'back' until I read something about his 'bad back' in today's (Sunday) newspaper. Surprised Nantz didn't remind us a thousand times yesterday during the telecast.

His current success on the Champions Tour is partially due to playing only 3 competitive rounds instead of 4 rounds on the regular tour. Couples is a wonderul player, no question - but playing and walking ANGC 5-6 times this week will take its toll on a 52-year old golfer, and his bad back. Unfortunate, but a fact.