Follow live coverage of the final round of the 2025 Masters AUGUSTA, Ga. — Maybe you’re like me, starting to feel old. Or you’re already old. Or you are, by most measures, young, but getting older. Such stages of life are the only inevitability we all have in common,

Tiger Woods told Golf.com back in 2022 that other golfers — himself included — often rib Couples for the choice. Woods said that he always thought yellow balls were for "hacks," though he acknowledged that he would use one if he thought it would help his score.

Fred Couples shot a 1-under 71 in the opening round of the Masters on Thursday, the 65-year-old former champion proving to himself as much as anyone else that he still belongs.