Brendan Steele carded an 8-over-par 75-73 — 148 Thursday to miss the cut for the first time this year in a singles tournament. He and Keegan Bradley teamed to miss the cut at the Zurich Classic back in April. The native Idyllwilder had trouble with driving accuracy and greens in regulation, hitting only 50 percent…
Brendan Steele carded a 7-under-par 68-68-69-68 — 273 last week at the Travelers Championship. The native Idyllwilder bested the field in all strokes-gained categories, garnering 7.279 strokes gained overall. His drives found 73 percent of the fairways and averaged 302 yards, the longest being a huge 354 yarder. He hit 69 percent of the greens…
Brendan Steele produced a 1-under par 71 Saturday to hold in a tie for 16th going into Sunday’s final round at the Travelers. The native Idyllwilder is playing well, picking up strokes against the field in all categories from off-the-tee to putting. Saturday he drained three putts of 21, 24 and 38 feet for two…
Brendan Steele put together two good rounds so far this week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut to go into weekend play with a 4-under-par 68-68 — 136. He now stands tied for 17th, only four shots off the lead. The Idyllwild native came out smoking Friday with three consecutive birdies at the 2nd…
Brendan Steele carded a 6-under-par 71-69-69-73 — 282 last week in the 117th U.S. Open at Erin Hills, Wisconsin, to garner a tie for 13th place. This was his best finish in a PGA Tour major since the PGA Championship in 2015, when he tied for 12th. It also was his eighth top-20 finish…
Brendan Steele came back with a nice 69 Saturday at the U.S. Open. He shared 2nd place for a while, but finished the day tied for 10th, five shots off the lead. The Idyllwild native was cruising until the 526-yard, par-4 17th hole, when his second-shot approach landed long and rolled off the back of…
By Jack Clark Pro golf correspondent Brendan Steele posted two sub-par rounds Thursday and Friday to climb into a tie for 13th place at 4 under par, only three shots off the lead at the halfway point of the U.S. Open. The native Idyllwilder used five birdies and an eagle on Thursday, against six…
Brendan Steele tees it up Thursday in the second PGA Tour major of the year, the $12 million U.S. Open, played this year on the Erin Hills golf course in Erin Hills, Wisconsin. Erin Hills is a very long, so-called “heartland” course, with wide fairways and few trees. The bunkers are not flat-bottomed, and the…
Brendan Steele did not seem to find the Muirfield Village course to his liking last week at the Memorial tournament. He struggled finding fairways and greens in regulation and finished tied for 57th. He did rally in the late holes of Friday’s second round, however, to make the cut comfortably by 2 strokes. The Idyllwild…
Brendan Steele fired a 4-under-par 33-35 — 68 Sunday to tie for sixth at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. His 72-hole score was 69-71-75-68 — 283 to finish 5-under-par, five strokes behind the winner, but only two shots out of second place. The Idyllwild native found more than 69 percent of the…
