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."