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Paul Azinger

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Paul Azinger is an American professional golfer and television golf analyst, born in 1960 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and raised in Sarasota, Florida. He turned professional in 1981 and won twelve times on the PGA Tour, including the 1993 PGA Championship, and spent almost 300 weeks in the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1988 and 1994. He took part in the 1991 Ryder Cup, where a dispute with Seve Ballesteros over the balls used became a controversy, and he captained the United States to victory at Valhalla in 2008 with an innovative strategy. He worked as lead golf analyst for ESPN and ABC Sports from 2005 to 2015.

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1960 1
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is an American professional golfer and TV golf analyst
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    Paul William Azinger (born January 6, 1960)
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    He won 12 times on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1993 PGA Championship.
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    He won 12 times on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1993 PGA Championship.
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    is an American professional golfer and TV golf analyst
  • Competed In: Ryder Cup, Career
    At the 1991 Ryder Cup, Azinger was involved in a controversial episode with Seve Ballesteros, with whom he had a fierce rivalry.
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