Brendan Steele moved up the leaderboard Saturday with a 35-35 — 70 after an up, down and up again type round. The native Idyllwilder began the round strongly with a birdie three on the 416-yard, par 4 No. 10 hole, and he captured another bird on the 614-yard, par-5 13th. But he bogeyed the 15th…

Brendan Steele posted a 3-under-par 70-74-69-72 — 285 in the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio last week. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 318.8 yards while finding more than 57 percent of the fairways and hitting nearly 71 percent of the greens in regulation — he tied for third in the field in that latter…

Brendan Steele posted an 8-under-par 70-69-69-64 — 272 in the Travelers Championship in Connecticut to tie for 17th and secure another top-20 finish, his tenth in 22 starts this season. On Friday, the native Idyllwilder just made the cut on the number, needing to birdie his 36th and final hole, a 406-yard par 4, to…