Most readers have not had an opportunity to cover a professional golfer at a PGA Tour tournament. And I’m thinking that most people haven’t attended a PGA Tour tournament as a spectator either. So I’m going to try to paint this with a fairly broad brush. About nine months out of the year, there is…
Brendan Steele brought his game together in the Waste Management Phoenix Open on the Scottsdale TPC course in Scottsdale, Ariz., last week to post an 18-under-par 69-65-65-67 — 266 to tie for sixth place with two others. The Idyllwild native’s performance earned him a $207,700 paycheck, bringing his season’s winnings to more than $260,000. He’s…
After Saturday’s play was cancelled due to fog, Brendan Steele shot a one-under-par 71 in the third round Sunday at Torrey Pines South to move into a tie for 22nd place at five under par. The Idyllwild native’s two bogeys in that round came on two of the toughest par fours on the course, the…
Too much fog canceled the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Saturday. Play resumed Sunday morning at 7 a.m. Tournament officials said Monday’s play will be free to the public. Idyllwild’s Brendan Steele had an early tee time for Saturday morning, but Torrey Pines weather decided otherwise. Because of dense fog,…
Brendan Steele, Idyllwild, had an up and down day in steady drizzle-rain Friday at Torrey Pines, turning in a one over par 73 for his round on the tough South Course. He currently stands at four under par and a tie for 31st place. Steele collected three birdies Friday, including back-to-back Birdies on the 1st…
Brendan Steele opened the Farmers Insurance Open yesterday at the Torrey Pines Golf Course with a five-under-par performance …
Brendan Steele’s superfan — André Pilon, who flew to the desert from Montreal with his equally superfan wife Pierrette Filion — says that Steele was consistently hitting pin-point irons during his practice rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday before the Humana Challenge in La Quinta last week. The Idyllwild native was high on his game then,…
After his first two rounds of 72 and 70, and blazing third round of 64, Brendan Steele maintained high-level play in the fourth round of the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation in La Quinta on Sunday. The Idyllwild native embellished a bogey-free round with five birdies to post a 15-under-par score of…
After his first two rounds of 72 and 70, Brendan Steele knew he needed a really-remarkable turn-around performance to make the cut on Saturday at the Humana Classic in La Quinta—likely a 65. But as it turned out 65 wouldn’t do; he would need a 64. And he got it. Playing the Nicklaus Private course…
Brendan Steele opened the Humana Challenge with a two-under-par performance for the first two days, but meanwhile his colleagues were shredding the courses. Steele’s 72 on the Palmer Private course at PGA West and his 70 on the La Quinta Country Club course have him in 130th place after two rounds, and he will have…
