PAUL AZINGER TO RECEIVE MGWA GOLD TEE AWARD

Metropolitan Golf Writers Association

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PAUL AZINGER TO RECEIVE MGWA GOLD TEE AWARD

Elmsford, NY (February 22, 2013) — Former PGA champion and winning Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger has been selected to receive the 2013 Gold Tee Award from the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association.

The award will be presented at the MGWA’s 62nd National Awards Dinner on Tuesday, June 18, at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY.

The Gold Tee is the MGWA’s highest honor and is awarded to an individual whose career achievements exemplify the best spirit and traditions of the sport of golf.

Past winners of the Gold Tee include Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nancy Lopez, Patty Berg, Phil Mickelson, Annika Sorenstam, Tom Watson and Ernie Els. A complete list of Gold Tee Award recipients can be found at www.metgolfwriters.org.

A 12-time winner on the PGA TOUR, Azinger is currently an ESPN golf analyst and is one of the most respected voices in golf.He won the 1993 PGA Championship in a playoff over Greg Norman and competed on four Ryder Cup teams. Azinger captained the victorious U.S. Ryder Cup team in 2008 at Valhalla.

Azinger is the author of Cracking the Code: The Winning Ryder Cup Strategy: Make it Work for You, which tells the story of the first U.S. team to win the event since 1999. He also authored Zinger, which details his golf career and his successful battle with cancer following the 1993 season.

In 2010, Azinger released an iPhone app called Golfplan, designed to help golfers improve their game.

A native of Holyoke, Mass., Azinger, 53, lives in Bradenton, Fla., with his wife, Toni. They have two daughters, Sarah Jean Collins and Josie Lynn.

About the MGWA:

The Met Golf Writers Association is celebrating its 62nd year as one of the game’s most important organizations. Formed in 1952, the MGWA continues to serve the game by honoring outstanding champions and contributors, promoting golf journalism, and raising money for the caddie scholarship programs of Long Island, New Jersey and Westchester/Fairfield, and the MGA Foundation. During its history, the MGWA has raised more than $1.3 million for its charities.

These initiatives are realized each year at the MGWA’s National Awards Dinner, one of the largest — and longest-running — golf dinners held annually in the United States. The dinner attracts up to 700 guests and is actively supported by all of the game’s major bodies; the LPGA, PGA of America, PGA TOUR and the USGA.

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FFI:Kate Keller, MGWA Executive Administrator

914-347-4653;kate@metgolfwriters.org