Sunday, July 24, was a beautiful day to be outside, and Idyllwild runner Bill Whitman went to the beach. “I had a pretty good race Sunday,” he said modestly. Whitman participated in the Solana Beach Triathlon along with more than 1,100 other athletes. Overall, he finished 28th. Within his age group (men 45 to 49)…

Within eight days, Brendan Steele scored top-five finishes in two PGA Tour events, the most recent being his tie for fifth at last week’s Quicken Loans National on the Congressional Country Club course in Bethesda, Maryland. The Idyllwild native posted a 2-under-par 74-66-71-71 — 282, which earned him 100 FedExCup points, brought his season subtotal…

Brendan Steele moved up the leaderboard again two weeks ago, tying for 26th at THE PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The Idyllwild native posted a 4-under-par 69-73-75-67 — 284. In recent weeks his putting has been a strong point of his game. At THE PLAYERS he gained 1.050 strokes putting on the field….

Jim Crandall, club handicap chairman, gave the following report on this month’s regular Palms to Pines Golf Association tournament, Friday, July 15, at the Golf Club at Soboba Springs in San Jacinto.