Masters' 15th hole known as Firethorn turns prickly by serving up 3 quadruple bogeys
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Fred Couples is playing the Masters for the 41st time, and he can't remember ever hitting into the water on the par-5 15th with a wedge in his hand — twice in a row. It wrecked the surprisingly great round of the 1992 Masters champion — a quadruple-bogey 9 on what traditionally is the third-easiest hole at Augusta National.
And this had nothing to do with the age of the 66-year-old Couples. Robert MacIntyre also put two in the drink and made a 9. So did another former Masters champion, Danny Willett.
It was the first time since at least three scores of 9 were recorded on one hole at the Masters since 1998, when there were three quadruple bogeys on the 15th hole in the second round. “I laid up perfect. I had 90 yards so I had to carry it 85 (yards) and 5 (yards),” Couples said.
“Sometimes when you don’t try and hit a good shot you forget what the hell you’re doing. I have no excuse. I just didn’t hit them far enough.
” MacIntyre, the 29-year-old Scot, went for the green in two and came up well short, and he knew it when he hit it. His next with a wedge came up short. His sixth shot went over the green, and he chipped on and took two putts.
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