Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney Friday, April 19 at the Shadow Mountain Golf Course in Palm Desert. Shadow Mountain is the oldest golf course in Palm Desert, and the second oldest in the entire Palm Springs area. The course is meticulously…
Native Idyllwilder Brendan Steele will join with Englishman Luke Donald in the team competition at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans this week in Avondale, Louisiana. Luke Donald is the younger brother (by six years) of Brendan’s regular caddie, Christian Donald. Luke currently is ranked 176th on the FedExCup List and 516th on the Official…
Brendan Steele put together a 5-under-par 70-72-67-74 — 283 last week to tie for 42nd place at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio. His drives, averaging 297 yards, found 64 percent of the fairways, and he hit 50 percent of the greens in regulation. Although B putted strongly on Saturday, gaining more than 2.5…
Brendan Steele will play in the Valero Texas Open this week, the scene of his first win on the PGA Tour back in 2011, his rookie year. The tournament is played on the TPC San Antonio – AT&T Oaks course and sports a purse of $7.5 million. The native Idyllwilder will be going for his…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney Friday, March 15 at The Legends Golf Club at Temeku Hills in Temecula. It was a nice spring day with mild temperatures and the hilly course was in good shape with fast, undulating greens. Norm Kyriss…
Brendan Steele posted a 7-over-par 76-73 — 149 for the first two days of the Velspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida, missing the cut by 6 shots. The Idyllwild native’s recent problems continued. He was under 50 percent in both driving accuracy and greens in regulation, and he lost 2.7 strokes to the field putting…
Editor’s note: Coach Josh White talks about the Idyllwild School Mountain Bike team: We kicked off the 2019 Mountain Bike season back in October with a meeting to recruit new students to the team. This year our team grew from six to eight students: Cameron Gage (6th/new), Kaleb Mann (6th/new), Carter Johnson (7th/new), Isabela Asiedu…
Brendan Steele fired a 5-under-par 70-71-72-70 — 283 last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida, to tie for 17th place and capture his second top-20 finish of this PGA Tour season. On the week, the Idyllwild native found 69 percent of the fairways with drives averaging 300 yards. His approaches hit 67…
Brendan Steele had difficulties again last week at The Honda Classic in Florida. The native Idyllwilder could manage only a 12-over-par 75-77—152 after two days of play. He hit 61 percent of the fairways and 67 percent of the greens, but the worst culprit was his putter, which gave up 5.790 strokes to the field….
sportsBasketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 (ages 6-9) On Tuesday, Feb. 26, the #1 seed Idyllwild Pizza Co. Raptors played the #4 seed Village Market Clippers. Tate Donovan had a good game for the Clippers with a bucket and pulled down many rebounds for…
