Read’s soccer team finishes first
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Brendan Steele posted a one-over-par 72-72-72-73 — 289 on the TPC San Antonio course last week to tie for 46th place and earn $16,580 in official earnings, bringing this year’s total to $352,695 to date. He also garnered 22 more FedEx Cup points to raise his season sum to 261. For the Idyllwild native, the…
Local triathlete Bill Whitman ran two races recently and finished strongly in both. On Dec. 3 and 4, he entered the HITS Triathlon in Palm Springs. This inaugural event featured five distances, including a 100-meter swim, a 3-mile bike and 1-mile run. Whitman finished second in his age group (45-49) and sixth overall in the…
Going into last week’s Wyndham Classic in Greensboro, N.C., Brendan Steele was outside the top 125 players in FedEx Cup Points and about 36 points shy of what he would need to make that the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup. After a disappointing Thursday, the native Idyllwilder was even in danger of missing…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Dec. 20, golf tournament at The Country Club at Soboba Springs. It was a beautiful day and the course was in excellent shape. John McAndrews (course handicap 38) won the tourney by seven strokes with a net 63; Jerry Gabel…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Jan. 17, golf tournament at the Legends course on the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon in Beaumont. The sun was shining, but gusty winds steered errant golf balls into unpleasant circumstances. Ken Garelick (course handicap 24) managed to keep…
Playing in only his first major championship, Brendan Steele shot a three-under-par 66 in the third round Saturday to go into tomorrow’s final day of play with a share of the lead of the 2011 PGA Championship in the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. Coming from a tie for seventh after Friday’s second…
