Quotes by Fred Couples

“[The successful, longtime partnerships almost always enjoy a true friendship, or at the very least an authentic regard for one another. In recent years, one thinks in particular of Love and Couples or Jos Maria Olazbal and Seve Ballesteros.] We can laugh at each other, ... In the World Cup I remember him whiffing a shot in a palmetto bush, and Joe [LaCava] and I were just laughing, and I would never do that to anyone else. I wasnt laughing because he whiffed it. It was just funny.”

“First off, I didnt want Vijay, ... I chose to play with him because I enjoy him and the way he hits the ball. It was a great match all the way. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a great moment. Is he going to beat me eight of 10 times? I think so, but in a one-day try, Ive got as good a shot.”

“Annika surprised us all. That was icing on the cake.”

“I thought about two people out there,”

“When you see her hit a golf ball, nothing prepares you for it. Its just the scariest thing you have ever seen.”

“It was the hardest golf course I had ever played, ... I never bent over and fixed a ball mark. There werent any. It was brutal. Then we got rain and it just destroyed the course... but it made us feel a little bit at ease.”

“Golf,”

“It was stupid.”

“Im going to play a lot next year. Im definitely going to try to make that team. I knew I had to play well this week, and I played OK. ... The last three rounds I played pretty well.”

“But No. 4, I just felt like under the wrong circumstances, its just going to be awfully hard. But everyones got to do it. Stronger players can maybe hit a 3-iron up high and stop it. But with the utility clubs, those go just as high and soft. There will be a bit of club changing.”

“The last day, I hit 3-wood into No. 1.”

“Its perfect for you, the way you hit your 5-wood.”

“If Tiger Woods hits four really good drives, or Vijay (Singh) or Davis (Love III) or Ernie Els, I dont know a course they dont have an advantage on. So you have to keep it in play.”

“Its hard. Its very, very hard. If we went and played Pinehurst next week, it would be a piece of cake after this.”

“I want to use these words correctly ... that the PGA Tour has kind of devoured some of the other tours, ... I always have gone down to Australia, and theres just no time to go. As Tiger said, it would totally help that.”

“I bogey that hole, birdie the par 5 and shot 5 under. I love the course, and I figured no matter how bad I felt, I could get around and have a decent score.”

“I play better when Im sick, but my head is the thing thats pounding, and its very blurry.”

“I saw a doctor and got some stuff, and today I didnt really hit many balls on the range. I kind of just screwed around. I love the course, and I figured no matter how bad I felt I could get around and have a decent score.”

“If I can play a really good round, I can catch Rory. If he plays well, were all done.”