On a blustery, rainy Friday on the Royal Troon course in Scotland, Brendan Steele bogeyed his final two holes to post a 7-over-par 73-76 — 149, missing the cut by two strokes. That had to be disappointing for him. The Idyllwild native will take this week off.

Scored a top-25 last week; will play in PGA Championship next   Brendan Steele’s university alma mater paid tribute to his athletic prowess by inducting him into its Athletics Hall of Fame this year. The Idyllwild native graduated from University of California, Riverside, in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. At UCR, Brendan…

Brendan Steele has had his ups and downs so far this week at the Farmers Insurance Invitational on the Torrey Pines golf courses in La Jolla. Thursday he posted a 3-under-par 69 on the thought-to-be-tougher South course, which was good for an overnight tie for 19th place. But Friday, on the Tom Weiskoph redesigned and…