Brendan Steele plays this week in the U.S. Open, one of the four major championships in golf, for the fifth time in his career. After being cut in 2013, he notched top-20 performances in 2016 (T15) and 2017 (T13) and finished 63rd in 2018.
This year, the U.S. Open is being played at Torrey Pines in La Jolla. Earlier this season, the Idyllwild native told the Town Crier that he was skipping the regular PGA Tour event at Torrey — the Farmers Insurance Open in January — because “it’s never been my best event,” among other reasons.
But on Monday of last week, he turned in two fine rounds on two courses in Illinois to qualify for this week’s U.S. Open on that same La Jolla course. Of course, since U.S. Open courses are famous for being groomed with high rough and fast greens, it may play quite differently in June than at the Farmers in January.
Brendan will tee off Thursday at 1:47 p.m. PDT and Friday at 8:02 a.m. PDT, playing with Matt Jones and Cameron Smith both days. You can follow Brendan shot-for-shot on your computer or cellphone using the TOURCast 3D feature on the pgatour.com website or the PGA Tour app.
The U.S. Open will be telecast on the Golf Channel Thursday and Friday and on NBC on the weekends.