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Brendan Steele came up two strokes too many at the Pebble Beach Tournament last week, missing the three-day cut. He dropped from 45th to 50th place on the FedExCup points list. This week the Idyllwild native tees it up for the fifth consecutive week, this time at the $6.7 million Northern Trust Open on the…
Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 (ages 6-9) On Tuesday, Feb. 6, the first game was between the Acumen Tree Service Celtics and the Café Aroma Lakers. It was a tight game for awhile with Caden Myers playing great defense and hustling for the…
By Jim CrandallPalms to Pines Golf Association handicap chairman Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association held its regular monthly tournament on Friday, Feb. 21 at Shadow Hills Golf Course in Palm Desert. The historic Shadow Hills was one of the first golf courses in the desert area. Ken Garelick (17 handicap) shot net 71 for…
Brendan Steele closed on Saturday and Sunday at Riviera with a pair of 69s to post a 2-under-par_74-70-69-69 — 282, placing him tied for 14th, only 4 strokes off the winning score. He posted an eagle and 12 birdies against 12 bogies. The pros spoke of the course as playing U.S. Open tough with kikuyu grass…
Brendan Steele posted a 2-over-par 38-35 — 73 on the Congressional Country Club course at the Quicken Loans National tournament in Bethesda, Maryland, Thursday, to drop two shots below the projected cutline going into Friday’s play. Early in his round, two three-putts — one from 35 feet and another from 12 feet — contributed to…
Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter is pursuing her dream to make the U.S. Olympic Skeleton team. This year, just her third year in the sport, she earned a spot on the North American Cup team. Skeleton is a downhill sliding sport, where racers are face down and guide and turn with torque generated from twisting and…