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Paul Azinger

United States · born , Holyoke, Massachusetts

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1993 PGA Championship
  • Ryder Cup 4 Cups · 5-8-3 · 6.5 points (40.6%)
  • Ryder Cup captain 2008
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

  1. 1993 PGA Championship Inverness Club · 272 (-12) · won a playoff against Greg Norman

Near misses

  1. 1987 The Open Muirfield · runner-up to Nick Faldo · 280
  2. 1988 PGA Championship Oak Tree Golf Club · runner-up to Jeff Sluman · 275
  3. 1989 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T8 · 280 (-8)
  4. 2000 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T7 · 280 (-8)

Ryder Cup

4 Cups, 16 matches: 5 won, 8 lost, 3 halved, 6.5 points. Foursomes 2-3-0, four-ball 1-5-1, singles 2-0-2.

  1. 1989 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · tied 14–14 · 3-1-0, 3 points · automatic
  2. 1991 The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island Golf Resort USA · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 2-3-0, 2 points · automatic
  3. 1993 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · USA won 15–13 · 0-3-2, 1 point · automatic
  4. 2002 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · Europe won 15.5–12.5 · 0-1-1, 0.5 points · captain's pick
  5. 2008 Captain USA · won 16.5–11.5

Rivals

Beat him

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Nick Faldo's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1993 PGA Championship Azinger shot a course-record back-nine 30, birdieing 12, 13, 14 and 17, to post 68 and catch Greg Norman.
  2. 1993 PGA Championship Norman three-putted from 20 feet on the second extra hole, making him one of only two players, with Craig Wood, to lose playoffs in all four majors.
  3. 1993 Ryder Cup Nick Faldo made the second hole-in-one in Ryder Cup history (14th hole) in his halved singles with Paul Azinger.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1993 PGA Championship

    Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio · 272 (-12) · won a playoff against Greg Norman (Azinger 4-4 (par-par); Norman 4 then three-putted from 20 feet (score unknown))

    Azinger shot a course-record back-nine 30, birdieing 12, 13, 14 and 17, to post 68 and catch Greg Norman.

    Norman three-putted from 20 feet on the second extra hole, making him one of only two players, with Craig Wood, to lose playoffs in all four majors.

    Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1993.

    Career line, 1987–2002

    PGA Championship
    1988 PGA Championship: runner-up to Jeff Sluman1993 PGA Championship: won
    The Open
    1987 The Open: runner-up to Nick Faldo1989 The Open: finished T82000 The Open: finished T7
    Ryder Cup
    1989 Ryder Cup (USA): 3-1-01991 Ryder Cup (USA): 2-3-01993 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-3-22002 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-1-1
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    9 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Paul Azinger was born on January 6, 1960, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Azinger won one major championship: the 1993 PGA Championship. Azinger played in 4 Ryder Cups for USA (1989, 1991, 1993, 2002), winning 5, losing 8 and halving 3 of 16 matches for 6.5 points, and captained the side in 2008.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1993 PGA Championship Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio · 272 (-12) · won a playoff against Greg Norman (Azinger 4-4 (par-par); Norman 4 then three-putted from 20 feet (score unknown))

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1987 The Open Muirfield · runner-up to Nick Faldo · 280
    2. 1988 PGA Championship Oak Tree Golf Club · runner-up to Jeff Sluman · 275
    3. 1989 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T8 · 280 (-8)
    4. 2000 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T7 · 280 (-8)

    Ryder Cup

    Azinger played 4 Ryder Cups for USA: 16 matches, 5 won, 8 lost, 3 halved, 6.5 points (40.6% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-3-0, four-ball 1-5-1, singles 2-0-2 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1989 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · tied 14–14 · 3-1-0, 3 points · automatic
    2. 1991 The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island Golf Resort USA · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 2-3-0, 2 points · automatic
    3. 1993 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · USA won 15–13 · 0-3-2, 1 point · automatic
    4. 2002 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · Europe won 15.5–12.5 · 0-1-1, 0.5 points · captain's pick
    5. 2008 Captain USA · won 16.5–11.5

    Partners, with matches played together: Chip Beck (4), Fred Couples (3), Curtis Strange (1), Mark O'Meara (1), Hale Irwin (1), Payne Stewart (1), Tiger Woods (1).

    Sources

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. where2golf
    2. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    3. Golf Compendium winners list
    4. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    5. rydercup.com — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://rydercup.com/news-media/usa/ryder-cup-team-usa-past-captains
    6. Golf Compendium
    7. Golf Compendium 1993
    8. Today's Golfer past champions
    9. BetMGM winner payouts
    10. Today's Golfer purse history
    11. PGA of America club pros who made the cut
    12. PGA of America 1993 leaderboard
    13. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 37
    14. OWGR player event table, 1993
    15. R&A 1989
    16. R&A 2000
    17. GC: 1989 ryder cup
    18. Wikipedia: 1989 Ryder Cup
    19. GC: 1991 ryder cup
    20. Wikipedia: 1991 Ryder Cup
    21. GC: 1993 ryder cup
    22. Wikipedia: 1993 Ryder Cup
    23. GC: 2002 ryder cup
    24. SI Vault 2001 — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/08/27/tough-calls-picking-the-ryder-cup-wild-cards-was-a-difficult-job-but-somebody-namely-curtis-strange-had-to-do-it
    25. Deseret News 2001
    26. Golf Channel