The Idyllwild native plays Shriners in Las Vegas this week Brendan Steele posted a 1-under-par 74-68-72-73 — 287 at the Safeway Open in Napa last week to tie for 60th place. He collected 15 birdies, but they were offset by 12 bogeys and a double. He averaged drives of 307 yards, but found only 50%…

Brendan Steele will play this week in the $7 million Fortinet Championship on the Silverado Resort and Spa North Course in Napa, California.The native Idyllwilder won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2017 when it was named the Safeway Open, his most recent wins on the PGA Tour. The Fortinet is the first tournament of…

Brendan Steele missed the cut for the first time in six appearances at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas last week. He slammed drives an average of 328 yards, but they found fairways only 57 percent of the time, leading to hitting 69 percent of the greens in regulation — and he…