Brendan Steele fired an 11-under-par 68-68-72-69 — 277 at The American Express tournament in La Quinta last week to finish tied for 21st place. Brendan’s drives, averaging more than 302 yards, found 64% of the fairways, hitting nearly 71% of the greens in regulation, but lost about one stroke per round with the putter on…
Brendan Steele fired a 19-under-par 65-66-61-69 — 261 at the Sony Open in Hawaii last week to finish tied for fourth place, his best finish of the still-new 2020/21 season. The Idyllwild native’s stats told the story: Drives averaging 310 yards found 73% of the fairways, and he hit 83% of the greens in regulation…
Brendan Steele gets back in the swing this week on the PGA Tour in the Sony Open in Hawaii, played at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.Last year in this tournament, the Idyllwild native tied with Cameron Smith for first place at 269, but was defeated in a playoff leaving him in sole possession of…
Brendan Steele scored the rarest hole-score in golf Thursday at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico: a double eagle, also known as an albatross. At the 532-yard par-5 13th hole, the Idyllwild native’s second shot from the fairway found the green and curled into the cup for a 3-under-par score of two on the hole.Brendan…
Brendan Steele will tee it up this week in the $7.3-million Mayakoba Golf Classic at the El Camaleón Golf Club in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.The Idyllwild native tied for 41st last year at Mayakoba, and hopes to do better this time. Brendan has dropped to 173rd on this season’s FedExCup points list after missing the…
After four weeks off, Brendan Steele will tee it up again this week in the $6.6-million The RSM Classic on the Seaside course at Sea Island Resort in Sea Island, Georgia.The Idyllwild native currently stands 166th on the FedExCup list, so he has a bit of catching up to do. But 20 more PGA Tour…
Brendan Steele posted a 2-under-par 72-70-68-76 — 286 at The ZOZO Championship @ Sherwood in Thousand Oaks last week which placed him in a tie for 70th place.His drives, averaging 281 yards, found fairways 73% of the time and he hit two-thirds of the greens in regulation. However, his putter cost him three strokes against…
Brendan Steele posted a six-over-par 73-79-73-69 — 294 at The CJ Cup @ Shadow Creek in Las Vegas last week to finish tied for 65th place.His tournament driving accuracy of only 58.93% seemed to lead to a greens-in-regulation difficulty (only 59.72%) and his putter was not helping (-1.293 strokes to the field each day), but…
After a three-week layoff, Brendan Steele missed the cut at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open by a single stroke.That “stroke” came in the form of a one-stroke penalty in a bunker on the 10th fairway on Friday — possibly his clubhead touched the sand as he set up.The Idyllwild native drove well and he…
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…
