Steele 6th at Kapalua thru Round 3
By Jack Clark
Brendan Steele has fired a 13-under-par 72-67-67 — 216 to currently place 6th going into tomorrow’s (Sunday’s) final round of the SBS Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, Mauai.
The TOC is a tournament consisting of only 32 players, each of which has won on the PGA Tour during the past year. Brendan qualified by winning the Sony Open in October, his second win on the Tour.
The Idyllwild native tees off tomorrow at 11:45 a.m. PST. He currently stands 5 strokes off the lead.
Brendan Steele fired rounds of 66-68-70-66 to post a 10-under-par 270 and tie with one other for second place at the Zozo Championship in Japan last week. The native Idyllwilder posted an eagle and 18 birdies against 8 bogeys and a double. Individual performance statistics were not available from Japan, but highlights included his day-one…
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