Steele in second FedEx tournament
By Jack Clark
Brendan Steele at the the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta in February. Photo by Jack Clark
Steele’s one-under-par 70-71 — 141 in The Barclay’s last week was not good enough to make the cut in the first tournament of the FedEx Cup playoffs, so he earned no new FedEx cup points. However, he had enough FedEx Cup points built up from regular season play to advance to the second tournament of the playoffs anyway.
This week, the Idyllwild native plays in the $8 million Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Boston course in Norton, Mass.
It didn’t go so well for Brendan Steele at the Shell Houston Open last week. He managed only an even-par 70-74 — 144, which missed the cut by one stroke. It was only his third missed cut in 11 starts this season. The Idyllwild native found half of the fairways with drives averaging 307 yards,…
After a three-week layoff, Brendan Steele plans to play in three straight tournaments, the first being this week in the $7-million Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.During his three-week absence from the tour, other players continued to score FedExCup points, so the Idyllwild native has temporarily dropped to 103rd place on that points…
Idyllwild School principal Matt Kraemer organizes the annual Super Kids Bowl, left, held at Tahquitz High School in Hemet. From left: cheerleaders Kinsey Boatman, Sarah Conley, Katrina Zavala, Janessa Rerucha, Daniella Morales, Delana Cutter, participant Christopher Ortiz, Essi Nukarineo, Dout Jimenez, Kiaya Mathes and Alicia Guerrero. Photo by John Drake
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