Golf legend Fred Couples has never shied away from sharing his thoughts on the LIV Tour — basically saying he can't stand it. He's called out both the tour itself and the players involved.
But at a pre-Masters Champions Dinner, Couples sort of changed his tune on the whole LIV thing.
"I don't think I'll ever understand it," Couples said, via Golf.com. "Maybe I'll go to one [LIV event] and see what it's really, really like. I know how great they are as players. I get it all, and I get the 54 holes and you drive a cart to your tee and shotgun. That's easy to pick on. Sometimes I've picked on comments that people have made, and I've picked on comments that they talk about the Tour, which I've said I have now 44 years invested in, and I don't want anyone picking on a tour that I think is very good."
Couples won the green jacket in 1992 and is making his 39th Masters appearance this week. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013.
Now, while he didn't express utter hatred of the LIV Tour this time around, he stood firm on saying he sees little value in LIV championships.
"Now, everything can get better, but let me tell you, if the LIV Tour is better for golf, I'm missing something there," Couples said. "But again, I'm not here to bash them anymore. I'm going to see them all tonight. Do I like coming to this tournament? I love it. Do I like five days before it seeing the people standing there saying we're coming after the green jacket? I mean, when I was 35, I was coming off the green jacket, too."
The Masters tee off on Thursday, April 11, before concluding three days later. ESPN will provide coverage of the first two rounds, with CBS doing the same for the final two.
