You can’t come much closer to being seeded into the brackets of the World Golf Championships Match Play tournament than Brendan Steele did last week. In a tournament that starts with 64 of the best golfers in the world, the Idyllwild native advanced to a tie for one of the 16 bracket positions that would…
Basketball Mike Holato of Town Hall gave this report on Town Hall Adult Basketball. Results for week 1: Yellow defeated White 21-18, 21-6, 21-18; Blue defeated Green by forfeit; Red defeated Black 20-23, 21-4, 22-10. Blue defeated Red forfeit, 18-21, 21-9; Black defeated White 15-21, 21-6, 22-15; Yellow defeated Green 22-19, 19-22, 21-7. Standings Wins…
Editor’s note: Last week, the Town Crier introduced the Idyllwild School Mountain Bike team to the community. This week, Coach Josh White talks about the bikers and their March 10 competition — the Vail Lake Challenge. It rained all morning on Saturday and then at 2 p.m., when the first wave of middle-school girls was…
Brendan Steele will tee it up Wednesday this week in the World Golf Championships Dell Technologies Match Play tournament at the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. The native Idyllwilder qualified by being ranked 39th last week in the Official World Golf Ranking. The top 64 players are eligible to play. Brendan’s good friend, Keegan…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney on Friday, Feb. 16, at the Menifee Lakes Country Club. Scott Schroeder (course handicap 20) shot a net 68 for first place; Bob Wadlow (14) took second with a net 69. Ken Garelick (24) earned third…
Brendan Steele earned a top-20 in a prestigious tournament last week by firing a 6-under-par 69-66-71-72 — 278 in the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship in Mexico City. The four WGC tournaments, with their $10 million purses, attract the best golfers in the world, so a top-20 in any of them is a fine result. For…
Brendan Steele plays in the $10 million WGC-Mexico Championship this week, which will be played at the Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City. The native Idyllwilder qualified for this prestigious tournament two ways: his Official World Golf Ranking and his FedExCup points list ranking, Going into the tournament this week, Brendan is ranked fifth…
Grandfathers For Golf, the San Jacinto-based nonprofit dedicated to providing free golf instruction for children, has openings in the spring session for children ages 7 and older. Children who sign up get free golf instruction, a free set of golf clubs and a free uniform. Grandfathers never charges for its services or equipment, although donations…
Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 playoffs (ages 6-9) On Tuesday, Feb. 13, the American Legion Warriors played the Acumen Tree Service Celtics. Sergio Ortega had a very good game for the Warriors with 10 points, however, Salvador Solorio countered with 10 points for…
After taking last week off, Brendan Steele will play in this week’s Genesis Open on the Riviera Country Club course in Pacific Palisades, a community in West Los Angeles. The Idyllwild native has played Riviera every year since joining the PGA Tour, with mixed results. He garnered a top-10 in 2014 tying for 10th, and…
