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The 1992 Masters Champion Fred Couples made a tremendous start to the Masters 2023 Round 1. As Couples made an under-par start at Augusta National Golf Club, the PGA and Masters official Twitter handle shared a post to congratulate the former champion. The re-quoted tweet from 2014 made fans jump in to share their response to Couples' marvelous start. One of them wrote:
"UNREAL. NOBODY ON THE PLANET WITH A SMOOTHER SWING!"
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Fans react to Fred Couples' solid start at Masters 2023 Round 1
The 63-year-old former no. 1 golfer Couples hit an under-par shot in Round 1 of the Masters 2023. The PGA Tour's Twitter handle re-quoted one of their own tweets from 2014 and wrote:
"Bump"
The PGA Tour tweeted about Fred Couples' solid start back in 2014, saying:
"Hey, everyone: Fred Couples is on the first page of the #Masters leaderboard. (Save this tweet so you can use it again next year.)"
Fred Couples' fans were excited to see him get a good start on Thursday. They sent in their best wishes for the two-time Players Championship winner:
"Fred might have Father Time dormie"
"This is very cool."
"This is amazing."
Even the Masters' official Twitter handle also shared praise for Fred Couples hitting an under-par.
"An under-par start for the 1992 Masters champion. #themasters"
Couples is paired with Russell Henley and Alex Noren. They played Round 1 on Thursday, April 6, and are currently slated to tee off in Round 2 on Friday, April 7.
What are the tee timings for Round 2 in Masters 2023?
Round 2 of the 87th Masters starts on the morning of April 6, at 8:00 am, and concludes in the afternoon, at 2:00 pm.
- 08:00 a.m. - Jose Maria Olazabal, Cameron Champ
- 08:12 a.m. - Charl Schwartzel, Taylor Moore, Aldrich Potgieter
- 08:24 a.m. - J. T. Poston, Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau
- 08:36 a.m. - Bernhard Langer, Mito Pereira, Ben Carr
- 08:48 a.m. - Danny Willett, Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka
- 09:00 a.m. - Sepp Straka, Harold Varner III, Kyoung-Hoon Lee
- 09:12 a.m. - Phil Mickelson, Tom Hoge, Si Woo Kim
- 09:24 a.m. - Billy Horschel, Harris English, Ryan Fox
- 09:36 a.m. - Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Gordon Sargent
- 09:48 a.m. - Brian Harman, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton
- 10:06 a.m. - Dustin Johnson, Corey Conners, Justin Rose
- 10:18 a.m. - Matthew Fitzpatrick, Collin Morikawa, Will Zalatoris
- 10:30 a.m. - Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, Sam Bennett
- 10:42 a.m. - Tom Kim, Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns
- 10:54 a.m. - Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau
- 11:06 a.m. - Mike Weir, Kevin Na
- 11:18 a.m. - Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, Matthew McClean
- 11:30 a.m. - Sandy Lyle, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch
- 11:42 a.m. - Fred Couples, Russell Henley, Alex Noren
- 11:54 a.m. - Adrian Meronk, Kevin Kisner, Louis Oosthuizen
- 12:12 p.m. - Larry Mize, Min Woo Lee, Harrison Crowe
- 12:24 p.m. - Sergio Garcia, Kazuki Higa, Keith Mitchell
- 12:36 p.m. - Patrick Reed, Adam Svensson, Sahith Theegala
- 12:48 p.m. - Shane Lowry, Mackenzie Hughes, Thomas Pieters
- 01:00 p.m. - Bubba Watson, Seamus Power, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira
- 01:12 p.m. - Abraham Ancer, Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley
- 01:24 p.m. - Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele
- 01:36 p.m. - Adam Scott, Patrick Cantlay, Kurt Kitayama
- 01:48 p.m. - Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Cameron Young
- 02:00 p.m. - Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im
