Azinger: "I would have done it"

Backing up what almost everyone knew, Paul Azinger tells Bob Harig how his post-Captaincy played out and says this about Corey Pavin:

"He's a logical choice, and it's time to move on and try to keep the Ryder Cup," Azinger said. "If it was offered to me, I would have done it. But it wasn't. It would have been a great opportunity to try and win it again, but I'm happy we won this year and hope to see it keep going."

Azinger said the idea was broached with PGA of America officials when he and several members of the team attended a White House ceremony last month. He let it be known that he would be interested in becoming the first captain since Ben Hogan in 1947-49 to do it twice in a row.

But Azinger also said he understood that the PGA of America long has had a system in place to rotate captains and that he was fine with the decision to move in another direction.

Unfortunately, there was a bit of a communication gap, as Azinger was still talking publicly a few weeks ago about doing it again while the PGA of America was offering the position to Pavin, who said Thursday that he had on-going discussions and finally got the call on Nov. 24.