(CNN) Fred Couples is as synonymous with Augusta National as blooming azaleas, towering pines and green jackets, but one of the silkiest swingers in town is being out-gunned.

The 59-year-old former world No.1 won the Masters in 1992 and still regularly appears high on its traditional white leaderboards in what has virtually become his second home.

With a loose, but powerful action, Couples was known as "Boom boom" in his heyday, but now leans on the experience of 33 appearances in the iconic major, which "makes my whole year."

"Well, I love it, A. I mean, that helps," he told CNN Living Golf's Shane O'Donoghue when the Irishman recently caddied for Couples.

"And B -- not this year, this year I was being outdriven by the guys I was playing with by about 50 yards -- I'm a good putter and I feel like I can handle those greens."

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