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Beyond the end of August, the future of the Idyllwild Skate Park is uncertain, but it will be open each weekend this month, thanks to a donation from Idyllwild Pines Camp (IPC). While Idyllwild Community Recreation Council Acting Chair (ICRC) Dawn Sonnier was hoping to get financial support from Riverside County to keep the park open, that door seems closed for now.
After beginning the 2013 season on the PGA Tour with six consecutive cuts made, Brendan Steele seems to have hit a flat spot. The native Idyllwilder has now missed the cut in four straight tournaments, including the recent Colonial in Irving, Texas, and last week’s Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. A current problem appears to be…
Brendan Steele carded a 2-under-par 72-72-71-71 — 286 at The Players Championship on the PGA Tour last week to finish in a tie for 41st place.The Idyllwild native put together 15 birdies against 11 bogeys and a double while finding 55% of the fairways with drives averaging 286 yards. He hit 62.5% of the greens…
Idyllwild resident Bill Whitman competed in the 2012 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships on Aug. 19. He did very well. Whitman finished sixth against 70 men in his division and 73rd out of a total of 1,024 competitors. In the Sprint division, he swam 750 meters, rode a bike for 20 kilometers and…
Brendan Steele came up shy of playing the weekend at the Scottish Open in Gullane, Scotland on Friday. The Idyllwild native posted a 1-under par 69-70 — 139 to miss the cut by one stroke. The Scottish was his last chance to qualify for The (British) Open Championship to be played next week on the…
Brendan Steele finished in a tie for 30th place last week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, posting an 11-under par 69-69-67-72 — 277. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged over 320 yards while finding 66% of the fairways, and he hit a sparkling 87.5% of the greens in regulation, but his putter cost him…