LOS ANGELES – When Fred Couples first teed it up at Riviera Country Club, Ronald Reagan was president. The Iron Curtain still separated the Soviet Union from the rest of the world. The Berlin Wall was ...

Fred Couples was being shuttled down the hill at Riviera in a cart when he received a text from Tiger Woods.

Upon further review, why would anyone question Fred Couples’ course management? Although Couples faded to a 2-over 73 in Sunday’s final round at Riviera Country Club, you can’t se… ...

That was no consolation to Fred Couples on Sunday at Riviera Country Club, where he was the overwhelming crowd favorite, and not necessarily the long shot that sentimentalists would otherwise believe.

Fred Couples' balky back seldom grants him much peace on the golf course, especially in inclement conditions. But through two rounds at Riviera, one of his favorite tracks, not even the weather ...

Fred Couples will add another chapter to his long love affair with Riviera Country Club when he extends his record number of Northern Trust Open starts to 32 at the fabled venue this week.

This is the 29th year Couples has teed it up in the oft-renamed PGA Tour event at Riviera, and he has won two titles among his 13 top-10 finishes, so he obviously has the course knowledge.

LOS ANGELES – Despite a bad back that hurts when he stoops over a short iron, Fred Couples navigated around his favorite tour course without a bogey Friday for a 5-under 66 that gave him the early ...

Veteran Fred Couples loved playing at Riviera Country Club the first time he saw the course and for the umpteenth time in recent years he defied back pain to soar to the top of a leaderboard.

Couples, who has finished runner-up at Riviera three times, loved the look of the par-71 layout from the very first time he played the course. “I liked it from the get-go,” he said.

Couples said he was buoyed by the fact he was playing on his favorite course, the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, knocking in an eagle putt of nearly 100 feet on his opening hole, along with ...