6:56 AM ET Stacy Lewis has withdrawn from the U.S. Solheim Cup team with a back injury and will be replaced by Ally McDonald, captain Juli Inkster said on Tuesday. The experienced 34-year-old, who has played in four of the biennial tournaments, was one of Inkster’s two captain’s picks to face Europe in the event
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As someone with a (very) small stake in an English golfer toiling away on European developmental tours, I’ve become well aware of the less glamorous side of pro golf. But while the majority of golf fans focus on the guys collecting multi-million-dollar checks on TV, most tour pros are budgeting their travel expenses down to
Sep 6, 2019 Scottish rookie Robert MacIntyre fired a bogey-free, 7-under-par 65 to take a four-stroke advantage after the second round of the European Open in Hamburg on Friday. In a remarkable display of both driving and putting, MacIntyre carded seven birdies at Green Eagle Golf Course to move to 11-under overall heading into the
GLENEAGLES, Scotland — As if preparing to play in the Solheim Cup didn’t come with some inherent nervousness, imagine how European team member Jodi Ewart Shadoff is feeling after arriving on site to compete in the biennial matches for the third time in her career, only for her golf clubs not to have accompanied her?
Here’s the list of the five most important names in golf right now: Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and … Brandel Chamblee. The first four have won 28 major championships and counting. Mickelson is already in the World Golf Hall of Fame, and the other three will join him as soon as
12:15 PM ET England’s Paul Casey produced a bogey-free, six-under-par 66 in the final round of the European Open to win by one stroke in Hamburg Sunday. World No. 17 Casey edged past overnight leaders Bernd Ritthammer and Robert MacIntyre with three birdies on the back nine to finish 14-under for the tournament at the
Welcome to the Dew Sweeper, your one-stop shop to catch up on the weekend action from the golf world. From the professional tours, trending news, social media headlines and upcoming events, here’s every golf-related thing you need to know for the morning of Sept. 9. U.S. wins Walker Cup with Sunday surge The Americans began
3:04 PM ET Associated Press HOYLAKE, England — Cole Hammer had the shortest match and the Americans made quick work of Great Britain & Ireland to win eight of 10 singles matches Sunday as they rallied for a 15+-10+ victory in the Walker Cup. GB&I had a 7-5 lead going into the final day at
HOYLAKE, England — In this modern era of home-team domination in golf’s oldest biennial inter-continental competition, not since 2003 at Ganton has a team overcome a first-day deficit to win the Walker Cup. But forget that little record of futility, one endured by the U.S. since 1963 at Turnberry, and step forward the 2019 American
Well … here we are again. If it feels like just seconds ago you watched Rory McIlroy win the FedEx Cup title and grab a $15 million payday at East Lake, you’re not alone. But the calendar says … (double-checks calendar) … it’s been two whole weeks, time enough to start the traveling circus once
HOYLAKE, England — Sometimes genuine analysis and perspective means looking beyond the obvious. While a cursory glance at the scoreboard shows a two-point edge, 7-5, for Great Britain & Ireland over the United States at the end of Day 1 of the 47th Walker Cup at Royal Liverpool, deeper inspection reveals the true closeness of
2:35 PM ET Home favourite Bernd Ritthammer carded five birdies to join overnight leader Robert MacIntyre at the top of the leaderboard, setting up a tense finale heading into the final round of the European Open in Germany. Scottish rookie MacIntyre started at Hamburg’s Green Eagle Golf Course on Saturday with a four-shot advantage but
Prior to the 2018-’19 season, the Rules of Golf were “simplified,” making them much easier to understand for the average player. Yet still there’s plenty of confusion to be found in the rule book if you dig deep enough. Case in point: this odd rule Paul Casey nearly fell victim to at the Porsche European
Like its professional equivalent, the Walker Cup has become a highly compelling competition even when it isn’t. A lopsided outcome, such as the one seen at Los Angeles Country Club in 2017 (when the Americans easily defeated Great Britain & Ireland, 19-7) might decrease the Sunday drama. But as with the Ryder Cup, the tightness
Golf fans found out the very unfortunate news this week that there will be no live coverage of the Walker Cup, which is set to begin on Saturday at Royal Liverpool in England. All viewers will get is a measly one-hour highlight package each night at 11 p.m. on Golf Channel, which doesn’t seem like
4:13 PM ET Scottish rookie Robert MacIntyre fired a bogey-free, 7-under-par 65 to take a four-stroke advantage after the second round of the European Open in Hamburg on Friday. In a remarkable display of both driving and putting, MacIntyre carded seven birdies at Green Eagle Golf Course to move to 11-under overall heading into the
HOYLAKE, England — From a Scottish, English, Irish and Welsh point of view, the Walker Cup was for long enough an exercise in almost total futility. Competing as Great Britain & Ireland, the overall record of the four “home nations” in the biennial contest with the United States that began in 1922 at the National
10:44 AM ET Dustin Johnson had arthroscopic surgery on Thursday morning to repair cartilage damage in his left knee and is expected to be back for fall events on the PGA Tour, his agent said. Johnson, 35, who won his 20th PGA Tour title earlier this year, had the surgery performed by Dr. George Caldwell
Dustin Johnson became the latest former World No. 1 to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery, his management team announced on Thursday. According to a statement released to PGATour.com, Johnson had the “routine” operation done in Fort Lauderdale to repair cartilage damage in his left knee. The 20-time PGA Tour winner is “expected to make a full
“If you won a major and miss 20 other cuts, is that a good year? I don’t know. Yeah, you’ve had one good week, but does that mean you’ve had a good year?”—Rory McIlroy, before the Tour Championship “If the narrative becomes that the majors are the only important thing in golf, then that’s dangerous
12:26 PM ET Paul Casey took a one-shot lead in a bid to keep the trend of English winners at the European Open in Hamburg, Germany after the first round at Glen Eagle Golf Courses on Thursday. Casey, 42, shot six birdies and bogey on the way to carding a superb first-round 6-under 66 to
HOYLAKE, England — There is an old saying in Britain: Everyone talks about the weather but no one ever does anything about it. A couple of weeks after an unexpected heatwave blistered the nation, an autumnal cool has descended from the north just in time for the 47th Walker Cup at Royal Liverpool. More importantly,
11:26 PM ET Associated Press THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Kyle Berkshire won the World Long Drive Championship on Wednesday night, beating two-time champion Tim Burke with a 406-yard drive at WinStar World Casino and Resort. After Burke got to 374 on his eighth and final attempt in the final, Berkshire missed the grid on his first
The PGA Tour is expected to implement a new driver testing protocol for the upcoming 2019-’20 season, which begins next week at The Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. Among the changes are a more thorough procedure for testing players’ drivers, Golf Digest has learned. In an email sent to players on Wednesday, the tour specified
Nearly four months after winning the U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston, Jeongeun Lee6 relived the moment in a unique way on Wednesday when she returned to her native South Korea to take part in what was billed as the first Women’s Open trophy tour of the country. “It has been a
On Saturday the University of Kentucky announced that sophomore golfer Cullan Brown has withdrawn from school for the upcoming year to begin immediate chemotherapy. Brown was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer. “My family and I are immensely appreciative of the outpouring of kind words, well-wishes, love and prayers we have received
11:49 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Australian Hannah Green shot a 9-under 63 Friday to take a five-stroke lead at 17 under after the second round of the Portland Classic. Green’s round included an eagle on the par-5 No. 5 hole. The winner of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June, Green was
Wes Short Jr. was quietly lurking on the leader board heading into the final round of the Shaw Charity Classic, just one stroke off the pace but not the name most were paying attention to. That’s just fine with the 55-year-old, who pounced late on Sunday afternoon, making three birdies over the final five holes,
6:29 PM ET Rory McIlroy probably hasn’t even figured out what to buy first with his $15 million FedEx Cup check. Still, the start of a new season in golf is just about here. That means it’s never too soon to look ahead, to daydream about April in Augusta and the possibilities that come with
Every shot counts is a consistent refrain you hear in golf, particularly when talking about the pro game. At that level, of course, the shots count for more than just numbers on players’ scorecards but also dollars in the bank accounts. But just how much do they count? And does one shot count more than