Fred Couples wins the Senior British Open at Turnberry

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Fred Couples won the Senior British Open by two strokes over Gary Hallberg on Sunday after holing a 25-foot putt to finish with consecutive birdies.  Congrats to Freddy!  And another win for anchored putters

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"I've never won an Open Championship, so this is the next best thing. And I believe I now get into the (British) Open at Muirfield next year, which is great," Couples said. "It was a fun day out there. Bernhard and I were neck and neck for a long time. Then I saw Gary had birdied the 17th to draw level, so I knew I needed to birdie 17. I hit a couple of great shots down 17 and two-putted for birdie, then the hole got in the way for my birdie putt at 18.

"It's my biggest senior tour win by far on a truly great golf course. I can now say I won the Senior British Open at Turnberry in really challenging weather."

Go HERE to see a video recap of his win

Go HERE to see some pics of Freddy

[broomhandle]

I try not to pay too much attention to whatever the announcers choose to hype but it did seem like Langer went away when they went on the slow play clock.