Azinger raises 'gamesmanship' issue

Without naming any names this time Paul Azinger has once again made gamesmanship a talking point ahead of this week’s Ryder Cup.

Asked if the “dirty tricks” side of golf was still going on at the matches America’s captain, who back in 1991 called Seve Ballesteros “the king of gamesmanship”, replied: “It’s alive and well. You don’t always see it. It can be a spoken word or early walking in the middle of a backswing.