Corey Pavin will be lead the U.S Golf team in the 2010 Ryder Cup

(This entry was originally published in this blog December 2008 and it is based on the information of that time.)

Corey Pavin will lead the U.S. Golf team in the 2010 Ryder Cup. Forty nine year old Pavin was a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team in and 1991, 1993, and 1995. Pavin has been named captain of the team by the Professional Golfers’ Association of America. In 2010, he will lead the 12 member U.S. Team in the 38^th Ryder Cup which is going to be held at The Celtic Manor in New Port, Wales on October 28^th, 2010.

Paul Azinger, who led the U.S. Team to victory in the 2008 Ryder Cup, said that he has no problems to lead the U.S team this time. For the first time since 1999, U.S team won the prestigious tournament under Azinger’s captainship.

However, Corey Pavin is also a very experienced player and has all the qualities to lead the team. Pavin won 15 PGA Tour events and 27 worldwide professional championships. In the Ryder Cup games, he had an impressive 8-5-0 score. In the 1995 U.S. Open Championship, Corey Pavin had an impressive final round. He had one-stroke victory over Greg Norman. Outside the Ryder Cup, Pavin served as the assistant to Captain Tom Lehman at the 36^th Ryder Cup at The K Club in Ireland in 2006.

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