Steele to play in the Travelers Championship
By Jack Clark
Brendan Steele
Brendan Steele tees it up again this week in the $7.2 million Travelers Championship on the TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell, Connecticut. The native Idyllwilder will be attempting to turn around a rough season on the PGA Tour. He’ll tee off Thursday at 4:55 a.m. PDT and Friday at 10:10 a.m., PDT, playing both days with Patrick Reed and Ryan Armour.
Steele’s one-under-par 70-71 — 141 in The Barclay’s last week was not good enough to make the cut in the first tournament of the FedEx Cup playoffs, so he earned no new FedEx cup points. However, he had enough FedEx Cup points built up from regular season play to advance to the second tournament of…
Jim CrandallPalms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association played its regular monthly tournament at Menifee Lakes Country Club on the Palms Course Friday, Jan. 20. It was a nice, sunny winter’s day and the course was in pretty good shape. In the A-flight tourney, Gary Brown (course handicap 12)…
Brendan Steele had a better trip this week at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. He posted a 2-over-par 72-70-75-69 — 286 for a share of 54th place. On the week, the Native Idyllwilder’s drives averaged 321.9 yards and found 66 percent of the fairways, while he hit 68 percent of the greens…
On Saturday Oct. 15, two Minor League games were played. The first game was between the Idyllwild Heating and Cooling Bobcats and the American Legion Hurricanes. The game was fast-paced as both teams went up and down the field. Colby Sonnier scored two nice goals for the Bobcats as did Rene Montoya for the Hurricanes.
The second game pitted the Café Aroma Galaxy and the La Casita Ravens. The Galaxy played tough defense as Julia Wangler fought off the Ravens’ attack over and over. The Ravens’ Elie Manchester played a great game while hustling around the field.
Idyllwild native Brendan Steele put together under-par rounds of66-64-68 to post an 18-under par 198 and win the LIV golf tournament atAdelaide, Australia, by a single stroke. The 41-year-old pocketed a winner’s check of $4 million, plus anotherquarter million he won in the team competition at the same Adelaidetournament. It was Brendan’s first professional win…
Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Adult Coed Softball standings for the week of Aug. 8. Last week’s softball games were an example of why this has been one of the most competitive softball seasons in recent memory. Any team can win on any given day, which has made it a great season thus far….
