At Masters, missed-cut heartbreak comes with a microphone
The cruelest, coolest thing that only happens on Masters Friday is this: the golfers who miss the cut have to talk about it.
Fred Couples at the 2026 Masters. Getty Images AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fred Couples stood at the podium and winced, thinking about what could have been.
“I mean, I had a good time,” he said. It was clear he meant that. It was also clear he was still thinking about Augusta National’s 15th hole, where he’d made 9 on Thursday and 6 on Friday, singlehandedly dooming his chance at the cut line.
“I’ve never wedged it into the water there,” he said. “Now it’s water, water, water every time I look at the goddamn thing, and I don’t know why. ” He shook his head.
“What’s a nine? Is that a quad? Quad-double-double, wow.
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