Brendan Steele could post only a 5-over-70-75 — 145 to miss the cut by nine strokes in last week’s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. After scoring an even-par 70 in the first round, the 36-year-old Idyllwild native opened the second round with five straight over-par holes, including two doubles, which led to a devastating…
Brendan Steele scored 27 Modified Stableford points at Reno last week in the Barracuda Championship to finish in a tie for 39th place. Modified Stableford is a scoring system that rewards aggressive play: A player scores 0 points for pars, but he scores 2 points for each birdie, 5 points for each eagle, and 8…
Brendan Steele fired a 9-under-par 66-68-73-68 — 275 at the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota, last week for a share of 53rd place. The native Idyllwilder’s drives averaged 307.8 yards while finding 76.79% percent of the fairways, and he hit an excellent 84.72% percent of the greens in regulation. Putting hurt, though, as he averaged…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney Friday, June 21 at Redhawk Golf Course in Temecula. A misty morning drizzle and cloud cover kept temperatures mild and comfortable. The hilly course was in pretty good shape. After finishing second in the May tourney,…
Brendan Steele had a good show this week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. He posted a 6-under 71-67-68-68 — 274 for a share of 21st place. On the week, the Native Idyllwilder’s drives averaged 294.5 yards and found 78.5 percent of the fairways, while he hit 70.8 percent of the greens in regulation…
Brendan Steele tees it up again this week in the $7.2 million Travelers Championship on the TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell, Connecticut. The native Idyllwilder will be attempting to turn around a rough season on the PGA Tour. He’ll tee off Thursday at 4:55 a.m. PDT and Friday at 10:10 a.m., PDT, playing both…
Brendan Steele posted a 1-under-par 71-73-75-68 — 287 at Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament last week. In a double-free performance, he combined 19 birdies with 18 bogeys. His drives averaged 284 yards while finding 67.8 percent of the fairways, while he hit 53 percent of the greens in regulation. On the brighter side, he actually gained…
Native Idyllwilder Brendan Steele had more trouble last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge on the Colonial Country Club course in Fort Worth. He posted a 12-over par 75-77 — 152 to miss the 36-hole cut by 10. For the two days, he pounded drives averaging 317 yards, but they found fairways only 50 percent…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney Friday, May 17 at Warner Springs Ranch Golf Course. The course is picturesque, with wild turkeys gallavanting around, but the rough was high, and it was a cold spring day. High scores were abundant. Crandall (course…
Brendan Steele had a better trip this week at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. He posted a 2-over-par 72-70-75-69 — 286 for a share of 54th place. On the week, the Native Idyllwilder’s drives averaged 321.9 yards and found 66 percent of the fairways, while he hit 68 percent of the greens…
