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Brendan Steele’s troubles continued again last week when he shot a four-over-par (70 and 74) for a total score of 144 during the first two days of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, missing the cut by two strokes. Once again, the native Idyllwilder’s stats suggested difficulty hitting greens in regulation and leaving himself…
Idyllwild native Brendan Steele put together an exceptionally fine rookie season on the PGA Tour last year. Two highlights were his wins in April at the Valero Texas Open and again in December with his fellow-rookie partner, Keegan Bradley, at the Franklin Templeton “Shark” Shootout. His performance last year won him well over $2 million,…
Idyllwild School principal Matt Kraemer organizes the annual Super Kids Bowl, left, held at Tahquitz High School in Hemet. From left: cheerleaders Kinsey Boatman, Sarah Conley, Katrina Zavala, Janessa Rerucha, Daniella Morales, Delana Cutter, participant Christopher Ortiz, Essi Nukarineo, Dout Jimenez, Kiaya Mathes and Alicia Guerrero. Photo by John Drake
Brendan Steele finished up this PGA Tour season at the Deutche Bank Championship, the second of the four FedExCup post-season playoff tournaments. His general stats were a bit off his usual, especially strokes gained tee to green, which gave strokes back to the field. He posted a 1-under-par 74-71-69-69 — 283, which tied for 50th…
Lauren Salter, Idyllwild, won the women’s skeleton race gold medal at the Empire State Winter Games. The Games were the weekend of Feb. 3 and 4 at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, New York. Salter had the best two runs, totaling one minute, 55.18 seconds. She attained a top speed of 68 miles per hour. Salter had…
Brendan Steele and his fellow pros shredded the TPC Summerlin course in Las Vegas last week during the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Steele fired a 15-under par 66-65-69-69 — 269 to garner a tie for 16th place and a payday of more than $61,000. Almost all aspects of the Idyllwild native’s game…