Brendan Steele and his partner Keegan Bradley missed the cut by one stroke at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans last week. The birdies weren’t happening for them. You need a handful of birdies in foursomes (alternate shot) format to be competitive, but you need two handfuls of them in four-ball (best-ball) format, and they…
Brendan Steele had his troubles at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio this year. He recorded a 7-over-par 70-71-78-76 — 295 to finish in a tie for 62nd place, his lowest finish of the season. But the native Idyllwilder still hasn’t missed a cut in 13 tournament starts in 2016-17, and has six top…
By Jack Clark Pro Golf Correspondent Brendan Steele finished with a fine 3-under-par 69 in the Masters on Sunday. The Idyllwild native opened birdie-birdie-birdie in his last round, eventually posting seven birdies on the day. Unfortunately, they were blunted by two double bogeys, one on each nine. For the tournament, he posted a 3-over-par 74-73-75-69…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report. Four Idyllwild golfers won the Marty Finn Memorial Golf Tournament fundraiser for Grandfathers For Golf Saturday, April 8. The tournament was played at the Golden Era Golf Course in San Jacinto. Pete Capparelli, Crandall, Lee Lanfried and Dave Robb teamed up in…
Brendan Steele carded two birdies Friday against three bogeys for a 1-over-par round that lifted him into a tie for 19th place at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia. He’ll play in the Masters on the weekend for the first time in his career. The native Idyllwilder currently is at 3 over par, seven shots off…
Brendan Steele posted 16 pars and two bogeys Thursday in the first round of the Masters in Augusta, Georgia. His 2-over-par 74 put him in a tie for 26th place headed into Friday’s second round. Although his first round was birdie-less, the native Idyllwilder did manage a pair of long, par-saving putts — a 20-footer…
Brendan Steele tees off in the Masters, the first major tournament of the season, in Augusta, Georgia, on Thursday, April 6, at 5:11 a.m. PDT and on Friday, April 7, at 8:18 a.m. PDT. The Idyllwild native plays with Trevor Immelmann and Jhonattan Vegas both days. Brendan also will play in the Par 3 contest…
By Jack Clark Pro Golf Correspondent Brendan Steele had a heart-breaker of a tournament last week in the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play tournament in Austin, Texas. The first three days consisted of round-robin matches played among four players in each of 16 groups, with the survivor of each group advancing to weekend play….
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney held on St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, at the Morongo Tukwet Canyon Legends course in Beaumont. It was a beautiful warm day and the course was in good shape. Pete Holzman’s new swing paid off…
By Jack Clark Pro Golf Correspondent After two weeks off, Idyllwild native Brendan Steele will tee it up Wednesday in the $9.75 million World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play tournament on the Austin Country Club course in Austin, Texas. Singles match play is unusual on the PGA Tour these days. It involves pairing off golfers…
