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Tom Watson
Thomas Sturges Watson was born on September 4, 1949, in Kansas City, Missouri. Raised in a middle-class family, Watson developed his love for golf at the Kansas City Country Club, where his father was a member. He attended Stanford University, where he studied psychology and played on the golf team, graduating in 1971. Watson turned professional that same year, beginning a career that would establish him as one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport.
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Frederick Steven Couples was born on October 3, 1959, in Seattle, Washington, the son of Tom and Violet Couples. His father, a groundskeeper for the Seattle Parks Department, instilled in young Fred a love of the outdoors that would naturally extend to golf. Couples began playing at Jefferson Park Golf Course, a public municipal course in Seattle, and his prodigious natural talent was evident from the start. His effortlessly fluid swing, which appeared to require no effort whatsoever, would become one of the most admired motions in the history of the game.
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