Brendan Dean Steele (born April 5, 1983) is an American professional golfer. He played predominantly on the PGA Tour, where he had three tournament victories, prior to joining LIV Golf in 2023.

Early life and amateur career In 1983, Steele was born in Idyllwild, California. He played high school golf at Hemet High school. Steele attended the University of California, Riverside, where he played on the golf team,2004–05 UC Riverside Men's & Women's Golf Media Guide graduating in 2005.

Professional career Steele turned professional in 2005 and played on the Golden State Tour in California, winning four times. He played on the Canadian Tour in 2006 and 2007, where his best finish was second at the 2006 Telus Edmonton Open. Steele began playing on the Nationwide Tour in and won the final event of the season in 2010, the Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island. This win moved him from thirtieth to sixth on the money list and earned him a PGA Tour card for the 2011 season.

PGA Tour On April 17, 2011, the week after the Masters, Steele notched his first PGA Tour win at the Valero Texas Open at San Antonio. He holed a par-saving putt at the final hole to finish a stroke ahead of runners-up Kevin Chappell and Charley Hoffman. Steele was the third tour rookie to win in 2011, after Jhonattan Vegas (Bob Hope Classic) and Charl Schwartzel (Masters). In addition to a payday and a tour card until the end of 2013, Steele's victory earned invites to The Players Championship, Bridgestone Invitational, PGA Championship, and the next year's Masters; the win moved from 115th to 19th in the FedEx Cup standings.

Over five years later on October 16, 2016, Steele won the Safeway Open in Napa, California, the first event of 2017 season. His winning score of tied the tournament record for lowest score relative to par; he was one stroke ahead of runner-up Patton Kizzire for his second tour win.

Steele successfully defended his Safeway Open title on October 8, 2017. He started the final round two strokes back, but posted in breezy conditions to win at , two strokes ahead of runner-up Tony Finau. With his third tour victory, Steele became the first with multiple wins at the event. Later that night, wildfires damaged the Silverado resort.

LIV Golf Steele played ten tournaments on the 2022–23 PGA Tour before joining LIV Golf in February 2023, as a member of Phil Mickelson's HyFlyers GC team.

Personal life Steele is the nephew of Anthony Geary, the actor who played Luke Spencer on General Hospital.Q&A: Brendan Steele

Professional wins (11) PGA Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Apr 17, 2011Valero Texas Open69-72-68-71=280−81 stroke Kevin Chappell, Charley Hoffman2Oct 16, 2016Safeway Open67-71-67-65=270−181 stroke Patton Kizzire3Oct 8, 2017Safeway Open (2)65-67-72-69=273−152 strokes Tony Finau

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12020Sony Open in Hawaii Cameron SmithLost to par on first extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1) Legend Tour Championships (1) Other Nationwide Tour (0) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Oct 31, 2010Nationwide Tour Championship66-71-65-73=275−13Playoff Colt Knost

Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12010Nationwide Tour Championship Colt KnostWon with birdie on fourth extra hole

LIV Golf League wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Apr 28, 2024LIV Golf Adelaide66-64-68=198−181 stroke Louis Oosthuizen

LIV Golf League playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12023LIV Golf Tucson Danny Lee, Louis Oosthuizen, Carlos OrtizLee won with birdie on second extra holeOrtiz eliminated by par on first hole

Other wins (6) 2005 Four wins (Golden State Tour) 2011 Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Keegan Bradley), Straight Down Fall Classic (with Greg Wells)

Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018Masters TournamentCUTT27CUTU.S. OpenCUTT15T1363The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT47PGA ChampionshipT19T58T12CUTCUTCUT Tournament20192020202120222023Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipT2277T9CUTU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipNTT67

CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 6U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2Totals 0 0 0 0 1 6 23 12 Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2014 PGA – 2016 U.S. Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (once)

Results in The Players Championship Tournament201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022The Players ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT26CUTT57T6T79CUTCT41T13

CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships Results not in chronological order before 2015. Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018ChampionshipT48T20Match PlayT30T17InvitationalT48T24T60Champions

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied

See also 2010 Nationwide Tour graduates

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