Idyllwild women run in L.A. Marathon
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The Los Angeles Marathon was Sunday, March 17, and two Hill residents completed the 26-mile jaunt.
In her second marathon, Jana Baker’s time was 4:17:19 and Molly Newman, running her first marathon, completed it in 4:31:01.
Running with more than 24,000 other marathoners, both women finished ahead of 18,000 other runners.
Three months ago in March, Brendan Steele played his eighth-consecutive, in-the-money tournament on the PGA Tour — a personal record. But now in June, the native Idyllwilder has missed the cut in five straight PGA Tour tournaments — also a personal record. In fact, he hasn’t missed the cut five times running since the opening…
Brendan Steele turned in a fine top-15 finish at the Travelers Championship on the TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell, Conn., last week. His 13-under-par 68-64-67-68 — 267 earned him a tie for 13th place and a check for $112,500. Steele’s performance was aided by hitting more than 80 percent of the fairways with drives…
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…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines handicap chair, gave this report on last week’s Palms to Pines golf tournament: Palms to Pines Golf Association co-founder George Kretsinger showed up in his own golf cart to tag along for a few holes during the club’s regular monthly tournament at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club on Friday,…
After missing the cut two weeks ago in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., Brendan Steele last week posted 13-over par 71-76-74-76 — 297 in the AT&T National in Bethesda, Md. He tied for 68th place while earning $13,130 in official prize money. The Idyllwild native collected 8 birdies against 17 bogeys and two doubles…
Brendan Steele and his fellow pros pretty much shredded the desert courses at the 2012 Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation PGA golf tournament last week in La Quinta. Seven players shot 20 under par or better despite winds of 35 miles per hour and heavier gusts that toppled trees, leveled leaderboards, and…
