Sam GreenwoodSam Burns plays a shot on the first hole during the final round of the Barbasol Championship in July. He would break 70 in all four rounds of the PGA Tour event and finish T-6.After winning the Jack Nicklaus Award as the Division I college player of the year in June, Sam Burns did what a lot of talented collegiate golfers do: He announced he would not be returning to school for his junior year at LSU this fall, but instead would turn pro. However, the 21-year-old from Shreveport, La., has one more accomplishment he wanted to achieve before making the formal jump: play for the U.S. team in the Walker Cup. So he announced he wouldn't be turning pro until the end of the summer, hoping that his impressive college resume would be enough for him to make squad.
Turns out the wait was for naught as Burns’ name was not among the 10 listed Sunday night when the USGA unveiled the 2017 U.S. team at the conclusion of the U.S. Amateur Championship.
The decision came as a surprise t..

Peter Byrne – PA ImagesEngland's Alfie Plant and his caddie walk from the second tee during Saturday's third round of the 2017 Open Championship.The past two British Amateur champions, Harry Ellis and Scott Gregory, along with Alfie Plant, the low amateur at the Open Championship last month at Royal Birkdale, highlight the 10-player Great Britain & Ireland team set to play in the upcoming Walker Cup against the United States at Los Angeles Country Club.
“We have been very impressed with the performances of many of the GB&I players so far this season and it has been a difficult decision to select only 10 players,” said GB&I captain Craig Watson in a press release.”
The GB&I side will be looking to keep the Cup after winning convincingly at Royal Lytham in 2015, 16½-9½, the largest margin of victory over the Americans since the biennial matches began in 1922.
Here's the complete team:
David Boote, 23, Walton Heath, Wales
Jack Davidson, 20, Llanwern, Wales
Harry Ellis, 21, ..

Stuart FranklinJuli Inkster, Captain of Team USA leads her team's celebration during the final day singles matches of the 2017 Solheim Cup.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 August 21.
Americans lap Europeans at Solheim Cup
This year's Solheim Cup lacked the drama and theatrics of its predecessor, but — thanks to the exploits put forth by the Americans — the event did not fall short in entertainment. After an utterly dominating two-day display in Des Moines, Juli Inkster's squad took care of business on Sunday, earning six of 12 available points to win and retain the cup by a 16½-11½ margin.
Entering the day with a five-point lead, the Yankee tone was set early by Lexi Thompson, who recovered from a 4-down deficit to halve her match. Followed up..

FacebookPinterestChris KeaneDoug Ghim and Doc Redman, teammates on the U.S. Walker Cup team. (Copyright USGA/Chris Keane)

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — U.S. Amateur champion Doc Redman and runner-up Doug Ghim both were named to the 10-man U.S. Walker Cup team that will face a Great Britain & Ireland team at Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course, Sept. 9-10.
USGA president Diana Murphy made the announcement in the immediate aftermath of Redman’s victory over Ghim on the 37th hole of the Amateur at Riviera Country Club.
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Joining Redman and Ghim are Maverick McNealy, Stewart Hagestad, Braden Thornberry, Norman Xiong, Cameron Champ, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris.
McNealy is No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and the only player on the U.S. roster with previous Walker Cup experience. Thornberry is No. 3 in the world after winning the NCAA individual title and the Sunnehanna Amateur this summer. H..

FacebookPinterestChris KeaneDoc Redman poses with the trophy during the final round of match play of the 2017 U.S. Amateur at The Riviera Country Club. (Copyright USGA/Chris Keane)

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Here in the entertainment capital of the world, steps from the renowned Sunset Blvd., on a course with a Hollywood pedigree, two amateurs put on a show worthy of their surroundings.
Doc Redman, a Clemson sophomore, even delivered a dramatic ending befitting the stage, the United States Amateur Championship at Riviera Country Club. He came back from 2 down with two to play, then defeated Texas senior Doug Ghim with a conceded birdie on the 37th hole that followed 36 holes of entertaining punching and counterpunching.
Spider Miller, the captain of the U.S. Walker Cup team, called it “the greatest match that I’ve witnessed in my four years of following intently the amateur game.”
Ghim called it “an incredible match. We didn’t give each other anything all afternoon. We worked for eve..

Icon SportswireGREENSBORO, NC – AUGUST 17: JJ Henry putts on the 5th green during the first round of the Wyndham Championship on August 17, 2017 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC. (Photo by William Howard/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)With two missed cuts and a WD in a three-year span at the Wyndham Championship, there’s little wonder that Henrik Stenson for years chose to skip the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale. Not to mention it comes amid a busy stretch of golf and precedes the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
The 41-year-old Swede decided to return to Sedgefield Country Club this year, though. First and foremost, adding the trip to Greensboro, N.C., would help him hit his minimum number of tournaments required on the tour.
He ended up getting a lot more out of it than that.
Stenson bookended a couple of 66s with an opening 62 and a closing 64 to win by one stroke over Ollie Schniederjans. It was Stenson’s first victory since the 2016 British Open and first in the U.S. since 2013..

Jared C. TiltonGREENSBORO, NC – AUGUST 20: Henrik Stenson of Sweden plays his tee shot on the sixth hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 20, 2017 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)Not since last October at the WGC-HSBC Champions had we seen Henrik Stenson in contention with a chance to win on Sunday. But it's a place the 2016 British Open champion has been in many times before, and his experience in those situations showed on Sunday at the Wyndham Championship, the PGA Tour's final regular-season event of 2016-'17. The Swede posted a final-round six-under 64 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., that included birdies on four of his final six holes to prevail by one stroke over Ollie Schniederjans.
Stenson, 41, made four birdies and two bogeys on his first seven holes, then began a quiet streak of pars for the next five holes. The late charge began at the par-4 13th, wher..