Azinger to captain U.S. Ryder Cup squad
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11/06/2006 -
Louisville, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The PGA of America officially announced on
Monday that 1993 PGA champion Paul Azinger will captain the 2008 United States
Ryder Cup team.
Azinger will lead the United States team against his former broadcast partner,
Nick Faldo, and the European team at Valhalla Golf Club. The 37th Ryder Cup
matches will be contested September 19-21, 2008.
The 46-year-old Azinger, who played in the Ryder Cup in 1989, 1991, 1993 and
2002, collected a 5-7-3 record. He was 2-0-2 in singles, 2-2 in foursomes and
struggled to a 1-5-1 mark in fourball play.
The U.S. team has lost the last two Ryder Cups by an 18 1/2 - 9 1/2 margin.
The United States leads the all-time series 24-10-2, but the Europeans have
won five of the last six Cups.
Azinger, who missed most of the 1994 season due to chemotherapy and radiation
treatments for lymphoma in his right shoulder, finished inside the top-125 on
the PGA Tour money list in 2006 despite splitting his time between playing and
broadcasting for ABC Sports.
"Paul Azinger's passion for the game, his courage to battle back from
debilitating disease and his leadership in past Ryder Cups make him the ideal
leader to guide the American team in 2008 at Valhalla," said PGA of America
President Roger Warren in a release. "Paul is one of the game's biggest
supporters of the Ryder Cup and his performances have earned him the respect
of his peers as well as many around the world."
The 12-time winner on the PGA Tour collected seven top-25 finishes this year
after just six in the previous two seasons combined. That helped him finish
inside the top-125 on the money list for the first time since the 2002 season.
Azinger's last tour win came at the 2000 Sony Open. That was his first title
since defeating Greg Norman in a playoff at the 1993 PGA Championship.
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