Azinger Not Ready To "Jump On A Task Force"
/Somewhere Ted Bishop is saying, "who said anything about jumping? We'll be talking a lot, eating scrumptous appetizers and sitting around telling our favorite Tom Watson stories. No jumping!"
Yes, ESPN.com's Bob Harig confirms what we first suspected from Jaime Diaz's reporting: Paul Azinger will not be on the blue-ribbon, grand jury sized task force set to try and right the sinking Team USA ship, but has a meeting schedule with PGA officials in November.
"I'm just not ready to sit down and jump on a task force," Azinger said by phone. "I have a scheduled meeting with the PGA of America in early November and I just think it's too soon for me to commit to jumping on a task force."
In my best Seinfeld high-pitched squeal: no jumping here! Who said jumping? Tiger's got a bad back, we don't jump on those! We'll just be sitting. You can even sign copies of your book!
**Alex Miceli also talks to Azinger who says the process is "moving too fast" for him as he works on his own plan to present to the PGA of America in November.
According to Azinger, the PGA of America reached out to him numerous times since the U.S. defeat at Gleneagles in Scotland, but Azinger said he was unwilling to serve on the committee.
Instead, Azinger is working on a comprehensive plan, similar to what the Europeans have used with such recent success, that he hopes will take the U.S. Ryder Cup efforts far beyond the 2016 matches at Hazeltine in Minnesota.
