Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report on the Friday, Aug. 17, golf tournament played at The Country Club at Soboba Springs. The day was very hot and muggy, but the course was in excellent shape. Playoffs In the first round of the match-play playoffs, John McAndrews (course handicap 37)…

Idyllwild native Brendan Steele teamed with Keegan Bradley, his close friend from Nationwide Tour days, to win the PGA Tour’s 2011 Franklin Templeton “Shark” Shootout at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla., last week. The two PGA Tour rookies posted a 32-under-par score over the three days of competition on the par 72 course…

Brendan Steele had another good tournament last week at The McGladrey Classic on the Seaside Course in Sea Island, Ga. His scorecard showed 67-71-66-68 — 272, an eight-under-par performance that earned a tie for 20th place and upped his official money-list earnings by more than $41,000. Steele drove exceptionally well, hitting nearly 80 percent of…