Houston Cougars Men's Golf - Houston Cougars Men's Golfers, Fred Couples, Fuzzy Zoeller, Jim Nantz, Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 101. Not illustrated. Chapters: Houston Cougars Men's Golfers, Fred Couples, Fuzzy Zoeller, Jim Nantz, Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey, Steve Elkington, Dave Marr, Bill Rogers, Anders Hansen, Keith Fergus, Blaine Mccallister, Kermit Zarley, Billy Ray Brown, Phil Rodgers, Homero Blancas, Jacky Cupit, Ed Fiori, Tom Jenkins, Mike Standly, Babe Hiskey, Rocky Thompson, Houston Cougars Golf, Marty Fleckman, Rex Baxter, Warren Sye, Kirk Hanefeld. Excerpt: Frederick Steven Couples (born October 3, 1959) is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. A former World No. 1, he has won numerous events, most notably the Masters Tournament in 1992. Couples was born in Seattle, Washington, to Tom and Violet (Sobich) Couples. Fred's paternal grandparents had immigrated from Italy, and changed the family name from "Copolla" to "Couples" to make it sound less Italian. His mother is of Croatian descent. His father was a groundskeeper for the Seattle Parks Department and the family, which included brother Tom, Jr., and sister Cindy, lived in a modest house on Beacon Hill. Nearby was the city's Jefferson Park golf course; here Fred developed his signature loose, rhythmic swing in order to gain enough distance to keep up with the older kids. Couples attended O'Dea High School in Seattle and the University of Houston, where, as a member of the Houston Cougars men's golf team, he roomed with Blaine McCallister, another future PGA Tour player, and future CBS television broadcaster Jim Nantz. His first PGA Tour victory came at the 1983 Kemper Open. He has amassed 15 total PGA Tour victories, including the The Players Championship twice (in 1984 and 1996) and one major victory, The Masters Tournament in 1992. Couples has been named the PGA Tour Player of the Year twice, in 1991 and 1992. He also won the Vardon Trophy for l...