In case you missed it, Paul Azinger, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, called his European counterpart Nick Faldo “a prick.” Over the years, there has been no love lost between Azinger and Faldo who competed fiercely against each other on the PGA Tour and in Ryder Cup competition. In an interview with a London newspaper, Azinger said Faldo’s peers don’t want anything to do with him. "Nick Faldo has tried to redefine himself," Azinger said. "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." After the story ran, Azinger tried to downplay his comments but he did not claim he was misquoted. Let the fireworks begin.
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- Mr. Fairway’s love affair with the game of golf began in junior high. He once made his living as a journalist covering high school sports, cops and robbers and politics. Today, Mr. Fairway is a public relations consultant and a widely-published freelance golf writer. His current USGA handicap index is 9.3 and he averages 50-plus rounds a year.