1996 PLAYERS champion

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May. 5, 2008

TOURNAMENT RECAP: Fred Couples produced one of the most spectacular finishes the tournament had ever seen to snatch the title from Colin Montgomerie and Tommy Tolles over the last three holes and become only the second two-time winner. Couples hit an amazing 220-yard 2-iron second shot to within 25 feet on the par-5 16th hole and then knocked in an eagle putt for a one-shot lead. He sank a 30-foot birdie putt on No. 17, while Montgomerie and Tolles dropped shots. "I hate to admit it, but it was a pretty easy 64," said Couples whose 270 gave him a four-shot victory over Montgomerie and Tolles.

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Couples' scorecard at TPC Sawgrass

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	72
Yardage	388	526	162	384	454	381	439	215	582	3531	395	529	336	172	438	426	497	132	440	3365	6896
Round 1	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	5	34	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	32	66
Round 2	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	3	5	35	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	37	72
Round 3	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	3	5	35	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	3	3	33	68
Round 4	4	5	2	4	3	3	4	2	5	32	4	5	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	32	64

1996 PLAYERS leaderboard

Pos	Player	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4	Total	Earnings
1	Fred Couples	66	72	68	64	270/-18	$630,000
T2	Colin Montgomerie	71	69	66	68	274/-14	$308,000
T2	Tommy Tolles	69	64	69	72	274/-14	$308,000
T4	David Duval	70	66	68	71	275/-13	$137,813
T4	Rocco Mediate	74	69	66	66	275/-13	$137,813
T4	Kenny Perry	65	71	70	69	275/-13	$137,813
T4	Fuzzy Zoeller	66	70	72	67	275/-13	$137,813
T8	Ernie Els	71	70	65	70	276/-12	$94,500
T8	Jay Haas	68	68	69	71	276/-12	$94,500
T8	Tom Lehman	70	72	67	67	276/-12	$94,500
T8	Vijay Singh	70	68	68	70	276/-12	$94,500
T8	Grant Waite	68	72	68	68	276/-12	$94,500