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Geri Peterson came to be a pool player when her father bought her sister a pool table for her birthday. It was set up in such a small room, she remembers, they had to use short cues and open all the doors and windows in order to play. In the beginning, her dad won regularly….

Within eight days, Brendan Steele scored top-five finishes in two PGA Tour events, the most recent being his tie for fifth at last week’s Quicken Loans National on the Congressional Country Club course in Bethesda, Maryland. The Idyllwild native posted a 2-under-par 74-66-71-71 — 282, which earned him 100 FedExCup points, brought his season subtotal…

After missing two straight cuts and a U.S. Open  qualifying playoff by a single stroke, Brendan Steele broke out of a short, mid-season slump big time last week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. The Idyllwild native opened on Thursday with a blistering 62, his second 62 of the season and the lowest round…

Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, May 16, golf tournament at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club. It was a hot spring day in the desert, with temperatures climbing to about 107 degrees. The course was in great shape. John LoGiudice (course handicap 24) took first…

Brendan Steele moved up the leaderboard again two weeks ago, tying for 26th at THE PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The Idyllwild native posted a 4-under-par 69-73-75-67 — 284. In recent weeks his putting has been a strong point of his game. At THE PLAYERS he gained 1.050 strokes putting on the field….