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….

Brendan Steele posted a 3-under-par 70-74-69-72 — 285 in the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio last week. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 318.8 yards while finding more than 57 percent of the fairways and hitting nearly 71 percent of the greens in regulation — he tied for third in the field in that latter…