

Klingamen finishes fifth in Sun Valley mountain bike race
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Idyllwild’s Emma Klingaman traveled to Sun Valley, Idaho to participate in the National Mountain Bike Championships. On July 14, she finished fifth in the women’s 15-18 Category 2 cross-country race (a 15.25 kilometer course) and earned her medal. This week, she is now tied number one in USA Cycling’s rankings for California mountain bikers. Photo courtesy of Michael Morton

Dave Robb of Idyllwild played at Pechanga golf course in Temecula on Tuesday last week. At the par-3 17th, he stroked a downhill 7-iron about 166 yards. It bounced a foot in front of the pin, rolled toward the hole, momentarily stopped, then dropped in from the back side for a hole-in-one. Oddly enough, he…
Brendan Steele posted a 6-under-par 68-66-72-72 — 278 last week in the BMW Championship, the third of the four PGA Tour post-season playoff tournaments. The Idyllwild native finished 33rd on the FedExCup points list, missing entry to this week’s Tour Championship by only three positions. Measured by multiple parameters, this 2017 season has been the…
On a Saturday moving day that saw the leaders gain little ground on the field, Brendan Steele leaped into a tie for 17th place, five shots off the lead with one round to play The Idyllwild native notched five birdies against a single bogey on his way to a 4-under-par 68. He drained putts of…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Oct. 19, golf tournament. The club held its regular monthly tournament at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont. It was a perfect fall day and the course was in excellent shape. Regular 2012-13 Tournament Les Widerynski (course handicap 18) shot…
Brendan Steele fired three-under-par golf at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio last week, posting 68-74-71-72 — 285 to finish in a tie for 48th place in the 100-year-old tournament he won in 2011, his first year on the PGA Tour.The native Idyllwilder scored one eagle, nine birdies, eight bogeys and one double-bogey while…