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Couples, Montgomerie among 5 inducted to hall

About the only thing Fred Couples and Colin Montgomerie had in common was a golf swing they could trust for a lifetime.Couples became the first American to reach No. 1 in the world and won the Masters by a blade of grass that kept his ball from trickling into Rae's Creek. Montgomerie found fame on the European Tour, where he won the Order of Merit a record seven times in a row, though he never won a major, a glaring hole in his credentials.Couples sauntered down the fairways, the essence of cool. Montgomerie walked with his head down, never looking like was having much fun.They shared the stage Monday night when both were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, along with three others in the Class of 2013. The others were former U.S. Open champion and broadcaster Ken Venturi, former European Tour executive director Ken Schofield and two-time British Open champion and architect Willie Park Jr.That brings the Hall of Fame to 146 members."I never thought about the Hall of Fame as a kid...

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