BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Fred Couples is a couple of decades older since finishing second in the last major tournament at Shoal Creek, and he has the aching back to prove it.
But Couples is happily here anyway for the Champions Tour's Regions Tradition at the scenic course that hosted two PGA Championships a couple of decades ago before controversy erupted over its all-white membership — and the founder's comments that the club wouldn't be pressured into accepting blacks.
The Tradition, the first of five Champions Tour majors, opens Thursday.
"This is a great, great golf course," Couples, who tied for 15th at the Masters while fighting persistent back problems, said …

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