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Fred Couples finished off John Cook with a nifty wedge shot to 3 feet on the third hole of a playoff Sunday in the Seniors Players Championship.
"I knew when it was going, it was a really good shot," Couples said. "I didn't think it was going to be short and trickle down the hill. I just felt like it was going to be right there. It was simple yardage -- 76 yards -- and it hit soft. That extra rain certainly helped that shot, but I knew it was going to be close."
Couples won his first senior major title, closing with an even-par 71 to match Cook (70) at 11-under on Westchester Country Club's West Course -- a longtime PGA Tour venue where Couples estimated he has played about 100 rounds in 30 years. Peter Senior (71) was third at 10 under.
Couples, the 1992 Masters champion, won for the first time this season after winning four times last year in his first season on the 50-and-over tour.
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