{"id":1912320,"date":"2023-04-09T21:42:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T01:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-63-fred-couples-becomes-oldest-player-to-make-cut-at-masters\/"},"modified":"2023-04-09T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T01:45:20","slug":"at-63-fred-couples-becomes-oldest-player-to-make-cut-at-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-63-fred-couples-becomes-oldest-player-to-make-cut-at-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"At 63, Fred Couples Becomes Oldest Player to Make Cut at Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-63-fred-couples-becomes-oldest-player-to-make-cut-at-masters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1912320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p>Fred Couples won his lone major final, a Masters conquest, 31 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>That earned him a career invitation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Augusta National<\/a>&#8216;s&#8217;s upcoming contests, and like most, he seizes the chance.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, he went a step further with it. He became the oldest player to make the Masters cut at the age of 63 year, six months, and five years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS, CLICK HERE. COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fred-couples.jpg\" source=\"Getty Images\">\n<div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Fred Couples of The United States acknowledges the patrons as he walks off the 18th green having made the cut on one over par during the completion of the weather-delayed second round of the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 8, 2023 in Augusta, Georgia.<\/span><span>(David Cannon\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Couples made the lower by two stroke in his second round, which he finished early on Saturday morning to make + 1 for the competition.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 63-year-old scored a 1 under 71 in the first round, then 74 the next.<\/p>\n<p>Couples is making his 38th Masters look, breaking another report. With 23, he, Gary Player, and next Tiger Woods all hold the record for the most consecutive breaks made at Augusta.<\/p>\n<p>Lovers remarked after large two,&#8221; That&#8217;s&#8217;s why I came here.&#8221; The past four years have been really bad for sport. Sometimes one summer I came very close to being selected. But I did it because that was my goal.<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fred-couples-masters.jpg\" source>\n<div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Fred Couples of the United States looks on from the 18th green with his caddie, George Downing, during the continuation of the weather-delayed second round of the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 8, 2023, in Augusta, Georgia.\u00a0<\/span><span>(Christian Petersen\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/masters-leader-brooks-koepka-avoids-penalty-after-first-round-controversy\"><strong>AFTER FIRST &#8211; Square Discussion, Master President BROOKS KOEPKA AVOIDS Charges.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I just come because I can thrive with myself rather than Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm, or anyone else. Making the cut around at an older age is something I enjoy doing.<\/p>\n<p>For the fourth round, Couples is paired with Mackenzie Hughes, Seamus Power, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\/liv-golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brooks Koepka<\/a>, who was 13 photos behind.<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fred-couples-1.jpg\" source=\"Getty Images\">\n<div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Fred Couples of The United States plays his third shot on the 18th hole during the completion of the weather-delayed second round of the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 8, 2023, in Augusta, Georgia.\u00a0<\/span><span>(David Cannon\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TO GET THE FOX NEWS Game, CLICK HERE.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Couples scored a &#8211; 13 to win the Masters in 1992. Craig Parry, who later shot a 78 on Sunday to begin T &#8211; 13, was one shot behind him when he entered that last cycle. By two breaths, lovers ultimately prevailed.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-one years ago, Fred Couples took home his lone major championship: A Masters victory.That earned him a lifetime invite to future tournaments at Augusta National, and like most, he takes advantage of the opportunity.He took it a step further this year. At 63 years, six months, and five days, he became the oldest player to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1912321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[23541,23953,9677,23952,10827,4016],"class_list":["post-1912320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-23541","tag-couples","tag-cut","tag-fred","tag-masters","tag-player"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1912320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1912321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1912320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1912320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1912320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}