Azinger’s master plan pays off

IT is a good thing for American golf that Paul Azinger likes to settle in for an evening in front of his flat panel television and watch documentaries on military strategy.

If it were not for such an evening’s entertainment back in 2003, the United States might not be celebrating its biggest Ryder Cup victory since 1981.

Long before he was appointed to the role by the PGA of America, Azinger, like a good general in the making, was already planning for the day when he would lead his team into a Ryder Cup to take on the Europeans.