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Posted March 23, 2012, 9:48 pm |

1992: Fred Couples survives errant shot to win Masters

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    1992: Fred Couples survives errant shot to win Masters
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    Front Page of The Augusta Chronicle after the 1992 Masters Tournament

It’s a rite of passage: every Masters champion has to successfully negotiate the tee shot at the 12th hole if he wants to put on the green jacket.

Fred Couples came to the 12th tee in 1992 with the lead. Every golfer knows that to fire at the pin, tucked in its traditional Sunday placement in the right corner, is folly.

Couples was trying to play it safe, but he blocked his tee shot. It hit the bank on the far side of Rae’s Creek but, defying gravity, did not roll back into the water.

From there, Couples chipped up close to save par and went on to win by two strokes over close friend and mentor Raymond Floyd.

“The biggest break, probably, of my life,” Couples said after slipping into his green jacket. “I’m not so sure what would have happened if it would have went in the water like everybody else’s.”

1992 Masters

 PlayerFR1R2R3R4 Earn.
1Fred Couples-1369676970 $270,000
2Ray Floyd-1169686971 $162,000
3Corey Pavin-1072716867 $102,000
4M. O'Meara-874676970 $66,000
4Jeff Sluman-865747071 $66,000
6I. Baker-Finch-770696874 $43,829
6Nolan Henke-770717070 $43,829
6Larry Mize-773697168 $43,829
6Greg Norman-770707368 $43,829
6Steve Pate-773717067 $43,829
6Nick Price-770716773 $43,829
6Ted Schulz-768697272 $43,829