The always-cool Fred Couples is inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He breaks down during his speech. TIM SLOAN/Getty The always-cool Fred Couples is inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He breaks down during his speech.Related Stories Fred Couples comes up with some memorable?moments at Memorial Thursday? Tiger Woods misses opportunities at Memorial, sits behind Fred Couples and leader Charles Schwartzel Ken Venturi, US Open champion and CBS analyst, dies at 82? Fred Couples in good
p90x sale position to win second Masters, Rory McIlroy remains in contention ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Fred Couples may have defined cool in golf but when it came to his induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame Monday night, the kid from Seattle lost it.Couples broke down midway through and at the end
cheap p90x of his acceptance speech at the World Golf Village, calling it the greatest day of his life.The 1992 Masters champion and 15-time winner on the PGA tour went in with Colin Montgomerie, Ken Venturi, former European Tour Commissioner Ken Schofield and old timer Willie Park Jr., never dreamed of this day when he picked up the game at the local muni in Seattle.“I never thought about the Hall of Fame as a kid. I never made a putt in my backyard... it was always to win the tournament
insanity workout dvds that was on TV that week. But I never made a putt to say, wow, if I make this I’m in the Hall of Fame. No one does that. But when you get in, obviously I’m lucky to be in here. I barely got in here, but I’m in, and it’s quite an honor.”Couples was the first American to top the World Golf Rankings and a fixture for the United States on five Ryder Cup teams and four Presidents Cup teams. But when asked what golf fans will remember him for, he said, “Wow. He’s the guy whose ball stayed on the bank at 12 at Augusta. He's the guy that doesn't wear a glove. He's got a smooth and slow swing.”He’s also got one major championship, something his fellow inductee, Colin Montgomerie, can’t claim. Monty, who won the European Order of Merit
cheap insanity workout seven straight years, is best known as a Ryder Cup hero, although his five runnerup finishes in majors gnaw at him.“At the same time, if you’re talking about regrets of any part of my golfing career, I have none. Absolutely none,” he said at a press conference prior to the ceremony. “I’ve done exactly what I’ve tried to do. I’ve tried 100 percent on every shot, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.“I’ve enjoyed thoroughly my exploits in major championships,” he said. “I just haven’t been fortunate or whatever it takes, I've never, ever stood up and made a winner’s speech and said I was unlucky. Never. I never will. There's always a time where a bit of fortune comes your way, whether it be for you or against your opponent at the time, and it just so happens with five runner ups and two thirds that I just haven’t been so called fortunate to walk through the door. The door has been ajar many a time, I just haven't been able to walk through it.”Venturi, who won the 1964 U.S. Open at Congressional after being advised by doctors not to continue because of heat stroke, is perhaps
cheap insanity workout dvds best known as a longtime commentator for CBS. Although he is in an intensive care unit in a Palm Springs Hospital, his former broadcast partner Jim Nantz told the audience that there are still hopes for a recovery. He has
cheap insanity workout dvds been invited to give his acceptance speech next year.
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