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 | | Azinger, left, and Faldo, right, are set to fight it out again as Ryder Cup captains |
Paul Azinger, US Ryder Cup captain, has fired the first shot against opposing skipper Nick Faldo, saying the players from his generation want nothing to do with the European captain.
The pair, whose fierce rivalry on the course in the late 1980s and early 1990s continued in the commentary booth as co-analysts on American television, will clash again when Europe defend the trophy in Kentucky in September. "Nick Faldo has tried to redefine himself," Azinger told the Mail on Sunday. "Some people have bought it. Some have not. "But if you're going to be a prick and everyone hates you, why do you think that just because you're trying to be cute and funny on air now that the same people are all going to start to like you? "The bottom line is that the players from his generation and mine really don't want to have anything to do with him." " ...players from his generation and mine really don't want to have anything to do with him." Paul Azinger "He talked me into giving him a five-footer on the 16th," Azinger said. "He said: 'It's over. You guys have won.' So I waived the putt, Then Davis Love (III) ran over and told me the match was still tied. I can't tell you how irritating that was." Europe have won the last three meetings but Azinger says a personality clash will stop one of the stalwarts of those campaigns, Colin Montgomerie, playing in the 37th edition of the match. Montgomerie, ranked 75 in the world, has won 23 points in eight appearances, a point and a half behind all time record points scorer Faldo. "He (Montgomerie) and Faldo don't seem to get along and there's no way Faldo will award him on of his two wildcards." The Ryder Cup takes place from September 16 to 21.
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