If you follow native Idyllwilder Brendan Steele on computer or cell phone, you may be wondering why he is not in the field for the FedEx St. Jude Children’s Hospital Classic, as we earlier indicated. The reason is that after last Friday afternoon (when Brendan was required to sign up for this week’s St. Jude),…

Brendan Steele carded an even-par 72-69-69-70 — 280 at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, last week. The native Idyllwilder posted his fourth top-20 finish — and his second top-15 — in nine starts this season and moved from 38th to 32nd on the FedExCup points list. He also moved from 81st to…

Brendan Steele didn’t take apart the course at the Safeway Open in Napa this year, as he did the past two years. He posted 67-71-72-75 — 285 to tie for 53rd place. Thirty mile-per-hour winds during at least one of his rounds may have had something to do with that. In any case, he’s off…

Brendan Steele had his troubles at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio this year. He recorded a 7-over-par 70-71-78-76 — 295 to finish in a tie for 62nd place, his lowest finish of the season. But the native Idyllwilder still hasn’t missed a cut in 13 tournament starts in 2016-17, and has six top…