AUGUSTA, Ga. – Last month, Fred Couples called Phil Mickelson a “nutbag” and Sergio Garcia a “clown.” Despite those comments, Couples said he doesn’t expect Tuesday’s Champions Dinner, which will include both Mickelson and Garcia, to be awkward.
“I'm not expecting anything different. I sit in a great spot, so I'm down by all the beautiful people that I've sat with, and it's not that the other ones aren't, but I'm saying [Jack] Nicklaus, Tiger, [Raymond] Floyd, myself, Sandy Lyle, and then right to the head of the table,” Couples said Monday following a practice round with Woods, Rory McIlroy and Tom Kim.