Paul Azinger Is Selected to Receive the PGA Tour’s Payne Stewart Award
FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, JUL 21 – Paul Azinger was honored for his character, sportsmanship, and charity work, with his Compassion Center distributing nearly $19 million in supplies last year, PGA Tour said.
- On Monday, Paul Azinger was named 2025 Payne Stewart Award recipient, a recognition of his character, sportsmanship, and charitable work.
- The award honors character, sportsmanship and charity, reflecting Stewart's legacy of integrity and generosity of spirit.
- In a primetime ruse, the PGA Tour conspired with Azinger’s manager and Golf Channel producers to stage a surprise announcement, Monahan said, `To be named the recipient of this award, representing my dearest friend, is one of the proudest moments in my life,` Azinger responded.
- Reflecting their friendship, the award is especially meaningful to Azinger as he was a dear friend of Stewart, a close tour companion.
- Presented live from Atlanta during the Tour Championship in August, Southern Company sponsors the honor with $300,000 to Azinger's charity and $200,000 to the Stewart Family Foundation.
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Paul Azinger is selected to receive the PGA Tour’s Payne Stewart Award
Paul Azinger is getting what he considers the greatest honor of his career. He was announced Monday as recipient of the Payne Stewart Award that recognizes traits belonging to his closest friend on the PGA Tour. The award began in 2000, a year after Stewart and three others died in a plane crash. It has become one of the top awards in golf, with a ceremony televised live from Atlanta during the Tour Championship in August. “To be named the recip…
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