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After round one of the Frys.com Open in San Martin, California, Idyllwild native Brendan Steele is tied with three other players for the lead at four-under-par 74. After going out in a one-over-par 36, he blistered the back nine with a five-under-par 31. Steele tees off tomorrow, Friday, at 12:10 p.m. Television coverage begins at…
Brendan Steele earned $49,300 in prize money last week. His three-over-par 69-74-74-66 — 283 tied him with Phil Michelson and three others for 48th place in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio. Prior to the tournament, the native Idyllwilder played a practice round with Michelson during which the older pro graciously imparted much…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report on the Friday, April 20, golf tournament played at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club. George Kretsinger, a co-founder of the club, joined the group and played the first nine holes. This was his first golf outing since he suffered health issues last…
Brendan Steele finished in the money in the last official-money tournament of the 2012 PGA Tour season. He posted 67-75-72-68 — 282 last week at the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., to finish in a tie for 40th place. He earned $16,045, bringing his final official earnings for the year…
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…
Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter competed in the second North American Cup stop in Calgary, Alberta. In the first Women’s Skeleton Race on Nov. 15, Salter finished 13th, with a combined 2-race time of 1:59.01 (59.83, 59.18). “I placed 13th in my race, not where I wanted to finish, but I had two huge personal records on…