FRED COUPLES
"In my first one, which would
have been at the Belfry in '89,
it wasn't one particular shot where I
was nervous, it was three days of it.
I didn't quite figure it out. Each time I heard a roar I thought it was somebody making a birdie, but it was really just them putting up the scores, like 'Padraig Harrington, 1 up.'
The biggest shot I ever had was at the 17th at Kiawah in 1991, the par-3 where everyone was struggling. It was alternate-shot, and Ray Floyd took me aside and was screaming at me because I'd just laid the sod over a lay-up the hole before.
He said, 'Look, I just want you to take the deepest breath you can and smash it.' I hit a beautiful shot to about 12 feet. I don't think he had to make the putt because they made a bogey."
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