Brendan Steele

Steele got his start in golf from his big brother at age 13. Steele's uncle, Anthony Geary, played the character Luke on "General Hospital." Brendan grew up in a small town (Hemet, Calif.) that didn't have a golf course or driving range.
In the 12th start of his rookie season in 2011, at the Valero Texas Open, he made a clutch, five-foot putt at the 72nd hole to claim his first career PGA Tour win by a shot over Charley Hoffman and Kevin Chappell. With the win, he became the 16th first-time winner of the Valero Texas Open.
2008 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 21; In Money - 11; Top-10 Finishes - 1; Scoring Average - 70.91 (Rank 50th); Money - $84,281 (Rank 82nd); Best Finish - T-4th, Price Cutter Charity.
2009 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 18; In Money - 9; Top-10 Finishes - 3; Scoring Average - 70.38 (Rank 35th); Money - $85,285 (Rank 70th); Best Finish - T-7th, WNB Golf Classic.
2010 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 26; In Money - 18; Top-10 Finishes - 4; Scoring Average - 69.85 (Rank 17th); Money - $346,258 (Rank 6th); Best Finish - 1st, Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island. By finishing 6th on the money list, he secured his PGA Tour card for 2011.
2011 Notes: Enjoyed a great rookie year with eight top-25 finishes, one of which was a win at the Valero Texas Open. Picked up an unofficial victory late in the season with partner Keegan Bradley at the Franklin Templeton Shootout. The duo was 32-under for the three-day event, winning by three strokes.
2012 Notes: In 24 starts had three top-10s: T-4th at Valero Texas Open, T-5th at Waste Management Phoenix Open, and T-8th at Reno-Tahoe Open. Finished the year 110th on the money list and 130th in the FedExCup standings.
2013 Notes: In 26 starts had two top-10s: T-6th at Waste Management Phoenix Open and 4th at the Reno-Tahoe Open. Played three FedExCup Playoff events, finishing the year 70th in the standings and 82nd on the money list.
2014 Notes: Made 18 of 26 cuts and recorded a career-best four top-10 finishes. Finished 79th in the FedExCup standings and 78th on the money list. Turned in a career-low, nine-under 62 in the third round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, leading to a T-6th and a third consecutive top-6 finish at the event (T-5th in 2012 and T-6th in 2013). Two weeks later, finished T-10th at the Northern Trust Open, with rounds of 68-71-67-69. Held a one-shot lead after a first-round 62 at the Travelers Championship before finishing T-5th. Finished T-5th at the Quicken Loans National at Congressional CC with a 2-over 282. A double-bogey 6 at the final hole dropped him out of the Justin Rose-Shawn Stefani playoff, at four-under. Qualified for the British Open via his finish at the Quicken Loans National as part of the new Open Qualifying Series, but missed the cut.
2015 Notes: Finished T-2nd at the Humana Challenge for his first top-10. He closed with a 64 to climb the leaderboard, finishing one shot behind winner Bill Haas. In late March, the 2011 Valero Texas Open champion returned to TPC San Antonio, where he started his final round with three consecutive bogeys. Managed to rebound with three birdies to eventually finish T-8th with Chris Kirk and Scott Pinckney. Finished T-9th at the Wells Fargo Championship and T-6th at the Alstom Open de France, his first European Tour start since a T-7th result at the 2012 Alstom Open de France. Was also T-7th at the Open de France in 2011. Was T-7th at the Barracuda Championship. Finished the year 50th in the FedExCup rankings and 52nd on the money list.
2016 Notes: Got his first top-10, a T-3rd, at the CIMB Classic. His next one was a T-5th at the Barracuda Championship. Had 11 top-25 finishes in 25 starts for the year. Finished 63rd in the FedExCup standings and 66th on the money list.
2017 Notes: Enjoyed a good start by winning the year's first event, the Safeway Open. Steele birdied his last three holes to defeat Patton Kizzire by one shot. He began the final round four off the lead and posted his final-round 65 some 45 minutes before 54-hole leader Kizzire finished. When Kizzire wasn't able to birdie the par-5 18th, Steele was victorious. In the event a year earlier, Steele held the outright lead after each of the first three rounds before a 4-over 76 Sunday resulted in a T-17th finish. Added back-to-back T-6th finishes, first at the SBS Tournament of Champions, and two weeks later at the CareerBuilder Challenge. Crafted another T-6th finish at The Players Championship. He T-13th at the U.S. Open, despite a final-round 73. Advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs for the sixth time, ending his season at the third Playoffs event, the BMW Championship. Ranked 33rd in the FedExCup standings.
2018 Notes: Played in 22 PGA Tour events making 16 cuts with 3 top-ten finishes. Was 56th in the FedExCup standings. Did it again, winning the Safeway Open this time by two shots over Tony Finau. Since the event moved to the Silverado Resort and Spa in 2015, Steele's collective 50-under-par total gave him the distinction of being the most-under-par player in the first three years of the event. Finished T-3rd at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, finishing three shots from joining the Woodland/Reavie playoff. Was T-10th at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner Jamie Lovemark. In the FedExCup Playoffs missed the cut at the Northern Trust and Dell Technologies Championship, then 64th in the BMW Championship.
2019 Notes: Played in 22 PGA Tour events making 12 cuts with three top-25 finishes. He finished 171st in the FedExCup standings, first time out of the top-125 since 2012. Best finish was T-14th in the CJ Cup@Nine Bridges. Will play in 2020 as a tournament winner from 2018.
2020 Notes: Played in 20 PGA Tour events making 14 cuts with three top-ten finishes. Was 47th on the FedExCup points list. Game came together at the Sony Open in Hawaii, had a three-shot lead going into the final round before shooting 71 and getting into a playoff which he lost to Cameron Smith on the 1st extra hole. Was T-4th at the Honda Classic, finished three shots back of winner Sungjae Im. After the break was T-6th at the Travelers Championship, four shots back of winner Dustin Johnson. In the FedExCup playoffs was T-44th at the Northern Trust and T-33rd at the BMW Championship.
2021 Notes: Played in 24 PGA Tour events making 17 cuts with three top-ten finishes. In the final FedExCup rankings was 105th. Held the 54-hole lead for the second consecutive year at the Sony Open in Hawaii before going on to finish T-4th, 2 shots back of winner Kevin Na. Was T-3rd at the Honda Classic, six shots back of winner Matt Jones. It was his fifth top-15 finish at the Honda in the last six times he played the event. Was T-4th at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner Keegan Bradley. In the FedExCup Playoffs missed the cut at the Northern Trust.
2022 Notes: Was T-2nd at the Zozo Championship, five shots back of winner Hideki Matsuyama. Earned his second top-five of the season with a T-4th at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner Keegan Bradley.