Yahoo Sports · Sep 21, 2015
Golf-Inkster hails pod system after US Solheim success
ST LEON-ROT, Germany, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The innovative pod system employed by Paul Azinger to great effect at the 2008 Ryder Cup also did the trick for Juli Inkster at the weekend as she engineered a stunning United States comeback at the Solheim Cup in southwest Germany.
The Americans went into the final-day singles on Sunday trailing 10-6 but manufactured a thrilling 14 1/2 points to 13 1/2 victory in front of 29,000 fans at the St Leon-Rot Club.
Azinger plotted Europe's downfall seven years ago by separating his 12 players into three pods of four at Valhalla in the Ryder Cup, the biennial men's competition between European and American teams.