Brendan Steele posted a 6-under-par 68-66-72-72 — 278 last week in the BMW Championship, the third of the four PGA Tour post-season playoff tournaments. The Idyllwild native finished 33rd on the FedExCup points list, missing entry to this week’s Tour Championship by only three positions. Measured by multiple parameters, this 2017 season has been the…
Brendan Steele carded 69-70-78-69 — 286 to tie for 56th at the Dell Technologies Championship in Massachusetts last week. Consistency was a problem for the Idyllwild native: He fired a blazing 5-under-par 31 on the front nine Saturday, then posted a 4-over-par 40 on the same nine the following day in the rain. Brendan now…
For a brief period Saturday, Brendan Steele was alone at the top with a two-stroke lead over the field. This was after a sparkling five-birdie 31 on his front nine, but it was nearly leveled by a birdiless 4-over par 39 on the back nine to produce a 1-under-par 31-39 — 70 on the day….
Brendan Steele fired a 2-under-par 35-34 — 69 in the opening round of the Dell Technologies Championship in Norton, Massachusetts, Friday. The Dell is the second of the four post-season FedExCup tournaments. The native Idyllwilder posted four birdies and an eagle against four bogeys to pull into a tie for 12th place, three shots off…
Brendan Steele did not fare well last week in The Northern Trust, the first of four post-season playoff tournaments that will decide the winner of the FedExCup. He managed only a 5-over-par 71-74 — 145 and was cut from the tournament. The Idyllwild native dropped to 23rd on the FedExCup points list. He needs to…
Brendan Steele plays this week in The Northern Trust, the first of four post-season playoff tournaments that will decide the winner of the FedExCup. The tournament will be played on the Glen Oaks Club course in Old Westbury, New York. The purse is $8.75 million, and a win is worth four times the usual number…
Brendan Steele had rough going at the PGA Championship last week in Charlotte, North Carolina. He managed only a 74-76 — 150, missing the Friday-night cut by 3 strokes. The Idyllwild native’s drives found only 57 percent of the fairways, and he hit only two-thirds of the greens in regulation. Still, he gained 2.59 strokes…
Scored a top-25 last week; will play in PGA Championship next Brendan Steele’s university alma mater paid tribute to his athletic prowess by inducting him into its Athletics Hall of Fame this year. The Idyllwild native graduated from University of California, Riverside, in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. At UCR, Brendan…
Brendan Steele plays this week in the $9.75 million World Golf Championships — Bridgestone Invitational on the Firestone Country Club South course in Akron, Ohio. The Idyllwild native goes into this tournament 15th on the FedExCup points list and 54th in the Official World Golf Ranking. Brendan tees off Thursday at 4:30 a.m. PDT and…
Brendan Steele plays this week in the $10.25 million The Open Championship, sometimes known in the U.S. as the British Open. It is the oldest of the four majors on the PGA Tour. The native Idyllwilder hopes to significantly improve on his previous performances in The Open. He played in the tournament in 2014 and…
