
Photo by Jessica Priefer

Photo by Jessica Priefer

Photo by Jessica Priefer

Photo by Jessica Priefer
PHOTOS: Hemet High Cross Country
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Following his fine T6 performance at the Travelers, Brendan Steele will tee it up this week and next week in two different PGA Tour tournaments on the same Nicklaus-designed course at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. The Idyllwild native has played the Muirfield Village course every year save one since joining the…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, May 20, monthly golf tournament, played at The Golf Club at Rancho California in Murrieta. A sunny spring day and the course in good shape offered good golfing weather. Barry Zander (pictured, course handicap 39) took first place with…
It didn’t go so well for Brendan Steele at the Shell Houston Open last week. He managed only an even-par 70-74 — 144, which missed the cut by one stroke. It was only his third missed cut in 11 starts this season. The Idyllwild native found half of the fairways with drives averaging 307 yards,…
Brendan Steele had difficulties again last week at The Honda Classic in Florida. The native Idyllwilder could manage only a 12-over-par 75-77—152 after two days of play. He hit 61 percent of the fairways and 67 percent of the greens, but the worst culprit was his putter, which gave up 5.790 strokes to the field….
Local triathlete Bill Whitman ran two races recently and finished strongly in both. On Dec. 3 and 4, he entered the HITS Triathlon in Palm Springs. This inaugural event featured five distances, including a 100-meter swim, a 3-mile bike and 1-mile run. Whitman finished second in his age group (45-49) and sixth overall in the…
Brendan Steele posted a 10-under-par 68-71-67-68 — 274 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas last week, but many others played well, too, and he finished 10 strokes off the lead. The native Idyllwilder posted 18 birdies against 10 bogeys. He found almost 70 percent of fairways with drives averaging 308 yards,…