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…
By Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines GolfAssociation handicap chairmanContributed The Palms to Pines Golf Association played its regular monthly tourney and second round of playoffs for Club Champion at Menifee Lakes Country Club on the Lakes Course on Friday, Sept. 18.In the A Flight, 4-man, single-elimination playoffs, Norm Kyriss (6 handicap) beat Gary Brown (14…
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…
Brendan Steele fired a 13-under-par 65-70-69-71 — 275 this week in the first tournament of the new 2020-2021 PGA Tour season to tie for 29th place in the Safeway Open on the Silverado Resort and Spa North Course in Napa.His drives averaged 305.9 yards and found 53.57% of the fairways, while he hit 81.94% of…
Brendan Steele will tee it up this week in the first tournament of the new 2020/21 PGA Tour season — the Safeway Open on the Silverado Resort and Spa North Course in Napa, California — an event he has won twice before.This will mark his 11th year on the PGA Tour.The Idyllwild native, who will…
Brendan Steele posted a 7-over-par 72-71-75-69 — 287 on a very tough Olympia Fields course to tie for 33rd in the BMW, the second of the three season-ending FedExCup tournaments. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 324 yards while they found 37.5% of the narrow fairways. He hit 57% of the greens in regulation and played…
