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Love to follow Azinger's lead with captain's Cup picks (Reuters)

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

(Reuters) - United States Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III says he will take a leaf out of 2008 skipper Paul Azinger's book before he announces his four wildcard picks for this year's competition against holders Europe.

Azinger, the most recent U.S. captain to achieve success against Europe, wanted his players to have "a vested interest" in their team at Valhalla eight years ago and he relied on the input of the automatic qualifiers for his wildcard selections.

Love, who will choose three of his captain's picks after the BMW Championship on Sept.