Fred Couples is playing the Masters for the 41st time, and he can’t remember ever hitting into the water on the par-5 15th with a wedge in his hand — twice in a row.
His quadruple-bogey 9 on what traditionally is the third-easiest hole at Augusta National wrecked what was looking like surprisingly great opening round for the 1992 Masters champion.
“I laid up perfect,” Couples, 66, said Thursday. “I had 90 yards, so I had to carry it 85 and 5. Sometimes when you don’t try and hit a good shot, you forget what the hell you’re doing. I have no excuse. I just didn’t hit them far enough.”