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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

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

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

HOYLAKE, England — It’s getting closer. Taking Sunday morning’s foursomes session, 2½-1½, the United States Walker Cup side narrowed the gap between itself and Great Britain & Ireland to a single point, 8½-7½. With 10 singles matches still to play over the Hoylake links on Sunday afternoon, the home side needs a 5-5 split to

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

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

HOYLAKE, England — The first session of matches in the 47th Walker Cup could never be described as a waste of time in unexpectedly benign conditions enjoyed by players and spectators alike at Royal Liverpool. But no statements were made, either, during Day 1’s morning foursomes, the score settling at 2-2 with all four matches

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

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

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

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,

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

“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 5-under 67 to

Forty years ago, Fuzzy Zoeller became just the third man to win the Masters in his debut. In 2009, he chose the 30-year anniversary of that victory to end his run as a competitor. But he still attends the tournament without fail, and there he was again this past April in his green jacket with

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