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Sports: High School Track
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Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney held on St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, at the Morongo Tukwet Canyon Legends course in Beaumont. It was a beautiful warm day and the course was in good shape. Pete Holzman’s new swing paid off…
Idyllwild native Brendan Steele showed the stuff he’s made of last Friday when he sank a 20-footer on the final green to ensure he would make the cut and play the weekend. He eventually posted a 7-under-par 67-71-68-67 — 273 to finish tied for 25th place. Steele did well tee-to-green, finding 76.79 percent of the…
One week after his first missed cut of the season, Brendan Steele was back in the money. Last week at the Shell Houston Open in Humble, Texas, his five-under-par 70-71-71-71 — 283 was enough to tie for 38th place and $25,420 in official earnings. The native Idyllwilder hit 75 percent of the greens in regulation,…
Brendan Steele fired an 11-under-par 68-68-72-69 — 277 at The American Express tournament in La Quinta last week to finish tied for 21st place. Brendan’s drives, averaging more than 302 yards, found 64% of the fairways, hitting nearly 71% of the greens in regulation, but lost about one stroke per round with the putter on…
At Saturday’s cross-counrty race at Mt. Carmel, the Hemet High School boys did very well. The Idyllwild contingent, all sophomores, display their medals. The runners and their places are Tanner Torrez (36), Jayden Emerson (6), Nick Browen (72) and Chad Schelly (44). Hemet was sixth overall out of 25 schools throughout Riverside and San Diego counties.
Brendan Steele fired a 4-under-par 67 Sunday to tie for 3rd in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He was 15 under for the tournament, only three shots off the lead. For the week, the Idyllwild native found 48 percent of the fairways with drives averaging 315 yards, the longest being 343, and he hit 72…