Brendan Steele\u2019s golf game did not mesh with the Cog Hill course in the third FedEx Cup playoff tournament last week. He managed only a 16-over-par 78-75-75-72 \u2014 300 that finished near the bottom of the field. <\/p>\n
The Idyllwild native did show major improvement on the final nine, however, firing a three-under-par 33 that earned $16,320 and raised his official PGA Tour earnings for his rookie year to $1,784,000 thus far. He also has earned more than $105,000 on the European Tour.<\/p>\n
One overlooked aspect of Steele\u2019s fine rookie season is that his caddie, longtime friend and former team member Nick Wilkins, is also a PGA Tour rookie, so they both have been having their first looks at nearly all the tour courses this year. Wilkins is also his physical therapist, which is a big plus for the young touring pro.<\/p>\n
Although Steele is now finished with the playoffs, he still plans to play in two of the Fall Finish tournaments, which will likely further raise his official PGA Tour earnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brendan Steele\u2019s golf game did not mesh with the Cog Hill course in the third FedEx Cup playoff tournament last week. He managed only a 16-over-par 78-75-75-72 \u2014 300 that finished near the bottom of the field. The Idyllwild native did show major improvement on the final nine, however, firing a three-under-par 33 that earned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124696,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n