Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report on the Friday, Aug. 17, golf tournament played at The Country Club at Soboba Springs. The day was very hot and muggy, but the course was in excellent shape. Playoffs In the first round of the match-play playoffs, John McAndrews (course handicap 37)…

Emma Klingaman of Idyllwild is a sophomore on the Lees McRae College, North Carolina Cross Country cycling team. She has two second-place finishes in her last two races. The season ends in December.

Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, May 17, golf tournament at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club. Palms to Pines golfer Gary Brown continues his hot streak. During last month’s tourney at Diamond Valley Golf Course, Brown shot the club’s first hole-in-one on the par 3…

After missing the cut two weeks ago in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., Brendan Steele last week posted 13-over par 71-76-74-76 — 297 in the AT&T National in Bethesda, Md. He tied for 68th place while earning $13,130 in official prize money. The Idyllwild native collected 8 birdies against 17 bogeys and two doubles…