Fred Couples Quotes

When I'm on with my putting, I'm as good a putter as there is, probably.

There are guys you've never heard of who drive the ball better than anybody I've seen on the PGA Tour.

Ninety percent of putts that are short, don't go in.

I hit the ball really well... had a lot of good looks at birdie all day, it's firm but you could control your golf ball, for sure. Today I controlled my ball very well. The confidence is definitely there. I feel really good about where I'm at and going into tomorrow.

Everyone wants to be known as a great striker of the ball for some reason. Nobody wants to be called a lucky, one-putting s.o.b.

It's about hitting the ball in the center of the club face and hitting it hard.

The first time I played a PGA Tour event at Tucson was 1975. I came off the course on Sunday feeling very good about myself. I'd finished at even par, and I knew I could play even better if I worked at it.

I've seen the bottom and I know the difference between good golf and bad golf.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.

I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.

If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.

Copy my favorite moves and my Tour-proven setup positions, and you'll start catching it on the sweet spot every time, with every club in your bag.

Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid.

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law.

I've always been a pretty good ball-striker, I've relied on my ball-striking in my whole career, my athletic ability. But the short game and putting has kind of held me back in majors.

You need 100 percent concentration on golf to succeed.

It's fun to be able to play good golf not having your A game.

It's no secret that I'm a fan of hitting a lot of balls.

If I can figure out this wedge stuff and become a really good wedger, I'll be the number-one player in the world.

Obviously, in a sport like golf, we see Tiger Woods fall off. There's not really too much damage he can take from that, although when you watch him and he sucks, and you're like, 'God, you used to be so good but you suck now,' it's disconcerting as a fan.

In golf, driving is a game of free-swinging muscle control, while putting is something like performing eye surgery and using a bread knife for a scalpel.

If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.

Short putts are missed because it is not physically possible to make the little ball travel over uncertain ground for three or four feet with any degree of regularity.

I'm about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That's the distance my left ear is from my right.