There’s no one in golf quite as smooth as Fred Couples. His swing is much like his temperament: cool and calm. Watching him swing, you can even fool yourself into thinking hitting a golf ball is easy.

One by one, the final pairings left the driving range at Augusta National Golf Club. First, Bernhard Langer and Brad Faxon. Then Nick Faldo and Corey Pavin; Mark O’Meara and Ted Shultz; Ray Floyd and ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — A miracle putt here, a hole-out for eagle there, hybrids everywhere. Sixty-five-year-old Fred Couples had himself a day Thursday at the Masters, the kind that leads him to believe he ...