Brendan Steele posted a 1-under-par 69-70 — 139 last week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, on the PGA Tour.The previous week he finished birdie-birdie-birdie to miss the cut by one stroke. Last week, he finished bogey-bogey-bogey to the same end.The Idyllwild native posted an eagle and five birdies against six bogeys while belting…
Brendan Steele had up-and-down rounds in the U.S. Open last week, missing the cut by one stroke. He pulled it altogether for his last three holes scoring birdie-birdie-birdie — perhaps in preparation for this week’s tournament.The Idyllwild native will tee it up Thursday in the $7.4-million Travelers Championship on the TPC River Highlands course in…
Brendan Steele plays this week in the U.S. Open, one of the four major championships in golf, for the fifth time in his career. After being cut in 2013, he notched top-20 performances in 2016 (T15) and 2017 (T13) and finished 63rd in 2018.This year, the U.S. Open is being played at Torrey Pines in…
Brendan Steele posted a 2-over-par 69-73-75-73 — 290 last week to place tied for 37th in the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. The Idyllwild native’s statistics suggest that his driving accuracy and greens-in-regulation performance has been improving, which is good news with the U.S. Open coming up.Then, on Monday, in a 36-hole, one-day qualifying event…
Brendan Steele had a rough time in the PGA Championship last week. He made the cut on the number, but posted an 11-over-par 75-74-77-73 — 299 to finish in 77th place. Stats showed his driving accuracy was only about 43%, which resulted in hitting only half the greens in regulation. His putter gained him nearly…
Brendan Steele will tee it up this week in the PGA Championship on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The PGA is one of four “major” tournaments on the PGA Tour. The Idyllwild native has played the PGA seven times, posting three top-25s including two top-20s — his best being a tie for 12th…
Ann SmithReporter What started as a normal Southern California spring day, Friday May 14, became an opportunity to educate a licensed attorney about the law as it pertains to the freedom of a journalist to attend a meeting on public property. Specifically, individuals in California must have access to public meetings and public records. The…
Principal Matt Kraemer will be retiring at the end of June and handing over the job to current Idyllwild School sixth grade teacher Nicole Picchiottino. The newspaper ran a front-page story on her last week. Kraemer was with the Hemet Unified School District for 24 years. He was a teacher in Yuma, Arizona for 15…
Brendan Steele had a rough time of it at the Wells Fargo last week, posting an 8-over-par 72-72-70-78 — 292 and finishing tied for 70th place.His drives averaged 305 yards, but they found only 53% of the fairways while he hit 61% of the greens in regulation. His putter was problematic, too — he averaged…
At its Tuesday, April 20 meeting, the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) board approved one of Idyllwild School’s sixth grade teachers Nicole Picchiottino as the new principal of Idyllwild School effective July 1. Principal Matt Kraemer is retiring. “I am here to serve,” Picchiottino said during the interview. “Nicole is going to be a tremendous…
