Native Idyllwilder Brendan Steele goes into Sunday’s final round at The Players Championship at 1 under par, 8 strokes behind the leaders. He tees off in round four at 9:40 a.m. PDT.

Another tough outing for Brendan Steele at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina, last week. He managed only a 12-over-par 76-78 — 154, missing the cut by 10. It seems that he had trouble in all parts of his game. He hit just under 61 percent of fairways and 56 percent of greens…