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Couples, Monty highlight Hall of Fame inductees

Fred Couples and Colin Montgomerie headlined the 2013 World Golf Hall of Fame class that was inducted on Monday evening.Ken Venturi, Ken Schofield and Willie Park, Jr. were also inducted in this year's class. Venturi and Schofield were inducted via the Lifetime Achievement Category. Park was elected via the Veterans Committee.Last year, Sandy Lyle became the first living Scot to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He was joined by two others this year, Montgomerie and Schofield.Couples was a 15-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 1992 Masters. After playing on nine national teams (five Ryder Cups, four Presidents Cups), Couples will captain his third straight American Presidents Cup team this fall.The previous two U.S. Presidents Cup squads were victorious. He was also an assistant captain to Davis Love III at the 2012 Ryder Cup.Couples also won two Players Championship titles, was the PGA Tour Player of the Year twice and was the first American to reach the No. 1 spot in the wor...

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