PGA Tour legend confirms 2025 Masters could be his last

Former Masters champion Fred Couples has revealed he'll sit down and talk with Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley soon to discuss saying goodbye to the major. 

At least one past champion will bid farewell to the tradition unlike any other this April. 

German legend Bernhard Langer will make his 41st - and final - Masters appearance this year. 

Couples, who won the 1992 Masters, told reporters before the Chubb Classic that he may join Langer in saying goodbye. 

"I might be there too," Couples said. "I have to sit down with Fred Ridley. I'm 65. I've missed a couple."

Couples became the oldest player to make the cut at the 2023 Masters when he was 63 years old. 

He reckons Langer, 67, has the ability to break the record. 

"But he'll tell that you everything has got to go really, really well," Couples said. 

Couples was playing The Masters hurt in 2024. 

He needed several cortisone shots after tweaking his back.

Couples questioned whether it was even wise to tee it up. 

"To be honest with you, besides shedding a few tears down the seventh I couldn't even walk," he said. "I broke 80 that day and I played pretty darn well."

As for his own prospects this year, Couples said he believes he can make the cut. 

"I really think if I get there and I'm feeling okay I can compete with this cut everyone talks about," he said.  

"I can't compete with the Jon Rahms and the Koepkas and Schefflers and Schauffeles and Cantlays, but I can compete with that cut number. 

"That for me is a goal."

The 2025 Masters will be played over 10-13 April. 

Scottie Scheffler is the reigning champion. 

Take a look at how the 2025 Masters field is shaping up and how they qualified below:

Former champions

• Scottie Scheffler
• Jon Rahm
• Hideki Matsuyama
• Dustin Johnson
• Tiger Woods
• Patrick Reed
• Sergio Garcia
• Danny Willett
• Jordan Spieth
• Bubba Watson
• Adam Scott
• Charl Schwartzel
• Phil Mickelson
• Angel Cabrera
• Zach Johnson
• Mike Weir
• Vijay Singh
• Jose Maria Olazabal
• Bernhard Langer
• Fred Couples

PGA champions (five years)

• Xander Schauffele
• Brooks Koepka
• Justin Thomas
• Collin Morikawa

U.S. Open champions (five years)

• Bryson DeChambeau
• Wyndham Clark
• Matt Fitzpatrick

The Open champions

• Brian Harman
• Cameron Smith

NCAA champion

• Hiroshi Tai (a)

U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

• Jose Luis Ballester (a)
• Noah Kent (a)

U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

• Evan Beck (a)

Latin American Amateur champion

• Justin Hastings

Top 12 and ties from the 2024 Masters

• Ludvig Åberg
• Max Homa
• Will Zalatoris
• Tyrrell Hatton
• Cameron Young
• Matthieu Pavon
• Adam Schenk
• Cameron Davis

Top 4 and ties from the 2024 PGA Championship

• Viktor Hovland
• Thomas Detry

Top 4 and ties from the 2024 U.S. Open

• Rory McIlroy
• Patrick Cantlay
• Tony Finau

Top 4 and ties from the 2024 Open

• Thriston Lawrence

PGA Tour winners since the 2024 Masters (full FedExCup points)

• Taylor Pendrith
• Davis Riley
• Robert MacIntyre
• Davis Thompson
• Jhonattan Vegas
• Aaron Rai
• Keegan Bradley
• Patton Kizzire
• Kevin Yu
• Matt McCarty
• J.T. Poston
• Nico Echavarria
• Austin Eckroat
• Rafael Campos
• Maverick McNealy

Field from the 2024 Tour Championship

• Sam Burns
• Sungjae Im
• Sahith Theegala
• Shane Lowry
• Byeong Hun An
• Russell Henley
• Akshay Bhatia
• Billy Horschel
• Tommy Fleetwood
• Sepp Straka
• Chris Kirk
• Tom Hoge
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Top 50 from the final world ranking in 2024

• Tom Kim
• Nick Dunlap
• Max Greyserman
• Rasmus Hojgaard
• Jason Day
• Corey Conners
• Denny McCarthy
• Justin Rose
• Min Woo Lee
• Lucas Glover

Top 50 from the March 31, 2025 world ranking

TBD

Special invitations

• Nicolai Hojgaard
• Joaquin Niemann

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