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Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter earned a bronze medal in the women’s skeleton race during last weekend’s America’s Cup competition in Lake Placid, New York. In October, Salter began her season in disappointment. But she has persevered and has developed into an international competitor. Her third place finish of 1:54.03 was less than a second behind the…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, March 15, golf tournament. The club held its regular monthly tournament at the Temecula Creek Inn Golf Course on the Creeks to Oaks links. The day was sunny and clear, and the course was in excellent shape. The front nine…
In a rain-plagued Barclays Scottish Open, played on the Castle Stuart Golf Links in Inverness, Scotland, Brendan Steele’s one-over-par 73-72 — 145 was not good enough to make the cut. Steele’s two weeks in Europe were highlighted by a fine 7th place performance in the French Open in Paris at Le Golf National, which some…
Brendan Steele has made the cut and played on weekends in all three of his tournaments in this young 2014-15 PGA Tour season. Last week he shot an even-par 69-73-72-74 — 288 to tie for 61st at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. The Idyllwild native seemed to have trouble with his putter, losing…
Brendan Steele had another good tournament last week at The McGladrey Classic on the Seaside Course in Sea Island, Ga. His scorecard showed 67-71-66-68 — 272, an eight-under-par performance that earned a tie for 20th place and upped his official money-list earnings by more than $41,000. Steele drove exceptionally well, hitting nearly 80 percent of…