Brendan Steele’s outstanding play gave way Sunday, and a dozen-plus players stormed up the leaderboard and dislodged him into a tie for 17th place. The native Idyllwilder could muster only a 4-over-par 76 Sunday as he posted a 10-under-par 63-70-69-76 — 278 for the tournament. One problem area Sunday appears to have been driving accuracy…

Following his fine T6 performance at the Travelers, Brendan Steele will tee it up this week and next week in two different PGA Tour tournaments on the same Nicklaus-designed course at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.  The Idyllwild native has played the Muirfield Village course every year save one since joining the…