Fred Couples, 65, drains shot from 191 yards out for eagle at the Masters

Fred Couples is inactive doing it. 

Couples, 65, made his 40th Masters commencement connected Thursday and continued to impressment during the archetypal circular of the large tournament. 

On the 14th hole, Couples was successful the mediate of the fairway, 191 yards distant from the hole. Couples gave the shot a ride, and it bounced connected the greenish and past started rolling toward the spread and fell successful for an eagle. 

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Fred Couples reacts connected the archetypal spread astatine the Masters, Thursday, April 10, 2025, successful Augusta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

The assemblage erupted and Couples pumped his fist successful the aerial earlier helium kissed his club. 

Couples’ eagle connected the 14th wasn’t the lone dazzling changeable helium had connected the day. 

On the par-four archetypal hole, Couples recovered himself disconnected the greenish and 16 yards distant from the hole. 

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Fred Couples waves aft making a putt connected the sixth spread during the archetypal circular astatine the Masters, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Despite not being connected the greenish and down a hill, Couples decided to usage his putter. He rolled the shot up the elevation and onto the greenish and gave it capable velocity for it to proceed close into the spread for a birdie. 

The 1992 Masters champion ended up 1-under par and gave himself a accidental to marque the chopped connected Friday. 

He is the second-oldest subordinate to interruption par astatine the Masters astatine 65. Tom Watson did it astatine 66 successful 2015. 

Couples became the oldest subordinate to ever marque the chopped astatine the Masters successful 2023, achieving the feat astatine 63 years, 6 months, and 5 days of age. Only Jack Nicklaus has made much cuts astatine Augusta National (37) than Couples (31).

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Fred Couples waves aft making a putt during the Masters, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Couples has 11 top-10 and 20 top-25 finishes successful his Masters vocation and has completed 72 holes astatine the large successful 5 antithetic decades. 

With his commencement successful the Masters this year, helium became the 15th subordinate successful Masters past with astatine slightest 40 starts. 

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