- Source of Wealth: Golf, Sports
- Age: 60
- Birth Place: Seattle, Washington
- Height: 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Weight: 185 lb (84 kg)
- Marital Status: Widower (Thais Baker)
- Full Name: Frederick Steven Couples
- Nationality: United States
- Date of Birth: October 3, 1959
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Occupation: Professional Golfer
- Education: University of Houston, O’Dea High School
- Children: None
Professional American golfer Fred Couples has an estimated net worth of $105 million as of 2012. He currently competes for the Champions Tour and PGA Tour.
Popular as “Boom Boom”, Fred Couples is best recognized for his impressive long drives. He has been the former World’s No.1 who has won several world renowned golf tournaments.
Throughout his entire professional golf career, he has won 15 PGA Tours, 3 European Tours, and 8 Champions Tour. In 1991 and 1992, Couples was a recipient of the Byron Nelson Award and Vardon Trophy, and was named as the PGA Tour Player of the Year. In 1992, he received the PGA Player of the Year award and he was named as the PGA Tour leading money winner. During the Champions Tour in 2010, he was given the Byron Nelson Award. In 2013, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall Of Fame.
This American golfer was born as Frederick Steven Couples on October 3, 1959 in Seattle, Washington. Fred Couples has remarried twice. He was first married to Deborah Couples. Their divorce was finalized in 1993 and after 8 years, she committed suicide. In 2008, he married his second wife Thais Baker. Their marriage did not last long because a year later after their union, she died of breast cancer.