Masters’ 15th hole, Firethorn, turns prickly with 3 quadruple bogeys

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – 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…

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