Fred Couples’ quick tip for improved tempo? It features ‘dancing’

Fred Couples last week at the Boeing Classic. Getty Images Fred Couples and Ed Evans, after a pleasantry exchange, go to work. Evans, the Consumer Cellular CEO, is playing the Boeing Classic pro-am, Couples is one of the most sought-after pros, and they’re on the range at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, about a half-hour east of Seattle, Couples’ hometown.

Evans hits. “Sweet,” Couples says. Evans hits again.

“Beautiful,” Couples says. Evans hits again. “Geez, what’s your handicap,” Couples asks.

“Mostly my swing,” Evans cracks. A tried-and-true golf line, if ever there were one. But Couples asks again, and Evans says it’s a 12 — and on the next swing, some evidence comes out.

Evans is lucky, though. Shown on a video recently shared by the PGA Tour Champions social media team , he was “a little quick” on his swing, and Couples, a tempo master, had a thought. It featured “dancing.

” On the video, the exchange went this way: “So, a little quick,” Couples said. “I say this a lot on this. If you can — can you count while you’re hitting?” Evans said he could.

“Can you go, one, two, and make contact at three?” Couples asked. Evans said he had thought he could. He hit.

A lesson from a legend 👏 @FredCouplesGolf had a few pointers for Consumer Cellular’s CEO before his pro-am round. pic.twitter.

com/cXJG3BTRZo “One, two. Good,” Couples said. “Now, you hit all of them like that, except the one you thinned.

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