SNOQUALMIE, Wash. (AP) — After winning the Senior British Open, Fred Couples took a break to the point of not hitting a putt for three weeks.
So not only does Couples have the pressure of playing in front of hometown fans this weekend during the Boeing Classic, but he’s doing it after not playing competitively for nearly a month.
Couples is the headliner again for the eighth annual tournament, trying again to erase the one glaring omission from his resume — winning a professional title in his home state. Couples struck out in his previous two trips playing at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, finishing third in 2010 and tied for 16th in 2011.
Mark Calcavecchia is the defending champion after winning his first Champions Tour title in a playoff last year.
