NEW YORK (AP) -- The four-man field for the LG Skins Game was announced last week, and the biggest news was who would not be playing at Indian Wells over Thanksgiving weekend.

How can there be a Skins Game without Fred Couples?

Couples is playfully known as the "King of the Silly Season," especially the Skins Game. He has played 14 times, captured 95 skins and earned over $4.2 million, more than he has made playing in the majors.

Instead, defending champion Stephen Ames will join Phil Mickelson, K.J. Choi and Rocco Mediate.

"I'm glad I'm not playing," Couples said at the Deutsche Bank Championship, where he missed the cut. "I'm done with golf. I was feeling so good, but I think I'm playing too much. This may be my last real event."

Couples failed to make the cut in a major this year for the first time since his rookie season in 1981, when he wasn't eligible for any of them

Couples did not express disappointment at being passed over for the Skins Game, but a tinge was evident. He said he was hopeful of playing again, but he was pleased for Choi and Mediate. And no, Couples did not ask for an exemption.

"I can't be picked every year," he said. "I played enough. And it was fun."

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