Norman and Couples Talk Windy Conditions and Pairings at Presidents Cup

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Published: November 18, 2011

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Leave it to Fred Couples to get to the heart of the matter with one comment, which may surprise those who do not know him. Those who do would agree it’s vintage Couples.

“Look, there have been a lot harder rounds of golf played," Couples said after the end of round 2 at the Presidents Cup. "But just the golf course did not lend itself to any birdies so everyone thinks, they must not be swinging well. All of these guys played great. They have not lost their games because they just played in a 25-mile-an-hour wind.”

Greg Norman recalled that the conditions were similar to the first day in 1998. He was also pleased with his team’s performance.

“We are extremely proud of the way Aaron Baddeley bounced back from yesterday,” Norman said. “I know he was kind of gut-wrenched a little bit by what happened on the 18th, but to see what he did, holing that three and a half footer for a win on the last hole did him a world of good, did the team a world of good and followed up by Geoff Ogilvy doing what he did and holing the same-length putt, just as difficult, really helped us generate a lot of momentum.”

Norman said day one took confidence away from their team and day two gave it back to them.  They are just two points down with 22 points remaining to be won.

“It was a very exciting day,” Couples added about the play of both sides. “I'm proud of all 24 players as a witness to this. It was not much fun out there, I'm sure, for any of them. Obviously there were three teams that won on each side, so they had fun. But it was brutal.”



He said he was fine being two points up in the matches.

Norman explained the reasoning behind keeping Ernie Els and Ryo Ishikawa together.

“He’s ( Els) completely comfortable with him. In the alternate-shot on the first day, they shot 4-under,” Norman s...
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