Brendan Steele had difficulties again last week at The Honda Classic in Florida. The native Idyllwilder could manage only a 12-over-par 75-77—152 after two days of play. He hit 61 percent of the fairways and 67 percent of the greens, but the worst culprit was his putter, which gave up 5.790 strokes to the field….
Brendan Steele continues with the PGA Tour 2018-19 season at the $6.8 million The Honda Classic this week on the PGA National (Champion) course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Idyllwild native tees off Thursday at 9:05 a.m. PST and Friday at 4:15 a.m. PST. You can follow him with shot-for-shot descriptions of his play…
Brendan Steele posted 11 under par for the four rounds at The Desert Classic in La Quinta last week: 69-69-67-72 — 277, which tied for 57th place. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 298.9 yards and found 73 percent of the fairways, but he hit only 56 percent of the greens in regulation. Although he lost…
Brendan Steele continues with the 2018-19 season, his ninth on the PGA Tour, at the Desert Classic this week in La Quinta, while next week he’ll play the Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla. The native Idyllwilder’s two-month hiatus, allowed him to slide gradually down both the FedExCup points list and the Official World Golf…
Brendan Steele posted a 6-under-par 73-69-73-67 — 282 at the Emirates Australian Open in Sydney last week to take outright 12th place. Along the way, he posted 20 birdies against 7 bogeys — one triple and one quad. Ouch! To demonstrate how damaging the triple and the quad were, had they both been simple bogeys…
Brendan Steele missed the cut for the first time in six appearances at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas last week. He slammed drives an average of 328 yards, but they found fairways only 57 percent of the time, leading to hitting 69 percent of the greens in regulation — and he…
Brendan Steele got things going on the right track at The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges in South Korea last week, posting a 9-under-par 74-71-65-69 — 279 to tie for 14th place. The native Idyllwilder’s driving accuracy was 85 percent, and he hit 83 percent of the greens in regulation, needing 1.8 putts per green….
Brendan Steele posted a 7-under-par 71-66-73-71 — 281 at the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last week to tie for 54th place. No stats are available, but he played more than 30 percent of the holes under par (22 of the 72). However, his scoring indicates a wild, up-and-down experience with 9 bogeys, 2…
Brendan Steele didn’t take apart the course at the Safeway Open in Napa this year, as he did the past two years. He posted 67-71-72-75 — 285 to tie for 53rd place. Thirty mile-per-hour winds during at least one of his rounds may have had something to do with that. In any case, he’s off…
Brendan Steele will defend his back-to-back titles this week in the Safeway Open in Napa. The native Idyllwilder won this first event of the PGA Tour season in both 2016 and 2017 — it would be a real rarity for a player to win a Tour tournament three years running. This year, Phil Mickelson, fresh…
