Brendan Steele will tee off this week in the $7.5 million Sony Open in Hawaii on the Waialae Country Club course in Honolulu, Hawaii. Under the Sony name for 24 years, this tournament, with support from the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, has donated nearly $22 million to more than 350 charities. Brendan finished alone…
David JeromeCorrespondent Three Anza Hamilton High seniors were selected for this year’s Hawaiian Tiki Bowl. The invitation-only event selects young athletes with the potential to play in college or the National Football League (NFL). Because of COVID-related travel restrictions, the event will be held in Orlando, Florida, as it was last year. The players will…
Brendan Steele will play this week in The RSM Classic on the Seaside course of the Sea Island Resort in Sea Island, Georgia.Brendan currently stands 18th in the official FedExCup points list for this new 2021-2022 season, and he is currently ranked 98th on the Official World Golf Rankings, which uses a rolling two-year points…
David JeromeCorrespondent Even couch potatoes have heard of our local Idyllwild 5k and 10k, but Nov. 6 saw the inauguration of a new event to test the fit and awe the sedentary, the San Jacinto 50k. That’s 34 miles. Event organizers coined the tagline, “Come for the pain, stay for the beauty.” Most of us…
Brendan Steele had an up-and-down time at the WWT Championship at Mayakoba. He fired under-par golf, posting a 5-under-par 70-67-68-74 — 279, but finished only one shot ahead of his good friend Keegan Bradley, who was last among weekend competitors.Details of play are not available from Mayakoba, but the native Idyllwilder scored 17 birdies against…
By David JeromeCorrespondent Often these pages carry portraits of locals old and new. This week we present a conversation with a pair of “part-timers,” at least for the present. Michael Steele and his wife Cynthia, normally residents of Florida, have spent the last few weeks in Idyllwild recovering from this summer’s Baja 500, and preparing…
Brendan Steele fired rounds of 66-68-70-66 to post a 10-under-par 270 and tie with one other for second place at the Zozo Championship in Japan last week. The native Idyllwilder posted an eagle and 18 birdies against 8 bogeys and a double. Individual performance statistics were not available from Japan, but highlights included his day-one…
Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center As youth soccer kicked off the last week of regular-season games, our first match between the undefeated Red Hawks and the Kraken proved to be a nail biter, with outstanding defense by Mateo Whitmer of the Kraken keeping it a scoreless game going into halftime. The Red…
Brendan Steele will play this week in the $9.95 million ZOZO Championship on the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club course in Chiba, Japan. The Idylwild native finished in a tie for 70th place last year in this tournament.Brendan will tee off on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. PT and on Thursday at 5:36 p.m. PT, playing…
Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center Weeks three and four of the Idyllwild Community Center Youth Soccer season brought many entertaining games, with the kids continuing to develop and improve their skills. Week three kicked off on Thursday with The Blue Sharks overcoming The Kraken 2-1, followed with the undefeated Red Hawks making…
