Name: Fred Couples’ wild ace in 1997 and par save in 1999 at THE PLAYERS
Uploaded: 2021-03-09T19:24:40.066Z
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Description: In the final round of THE PLAYERS Championship 1997, Fred Couples made a hole-in-one at the par-3 17th hole. Two years later, the first round of THE PLAYERS Championship 1999, Couples hit his tee shot in the water at the par-3 17th hole, re-teed and holed the shot on the fly for an amazing par save.

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In the final round of THE PLAYERS Championship 1997, Fred Couples made a hole-in-one at the par-3 17th hole. Two years later, the first round of THE PLAYERS Championship 1999, Couples hit his tee shot in the water at the par-3 17th hole, re-teed and holed the shot on the fly for an amazing par save.  

Fred Couples’ wild ace in 1997 and par save in 1999 at THE PLAYERS

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