Geri Peterson came to be a pool player when her father bought her sister a pool table for her birthday. It was set up in such a small room, she remembers, they had to use short cues and open all the doors and windows in order to play. In the beginning, her dad won regularly….

Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association held its regular monthly tournament on Friday, June 17, 2011, at the Golf Club at Rancho California in Murrieta (the old Southern California Golf Association Member’s Course). The day was clear, bright and beautiful and the course was in excellent shape.

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…