Brendan Steele rekindles Safeway Open success with opening 65

There's no denying that Brendan Steele enjoys his time in wine country.

Two of Steele's three career PGA Tour victories have come at the Safeway Open, in back-to-back fashion in 2016 and 2017. Steele had top-25 finishes the two years prior at Silverado Resort & Spa and hasn't missed a cut in Napa since 2014. He's unlikely to make an early exit this time around after opening his 2020-21 season with a 7-under 65 that moved him within two shots of the lead and extended his affinity with the North Course.

"People have been asking me that for years. I think there's a lot of factors," Steele said. "I don't think it's one thing, but I really have a good sense of where you can be aggressive out here,…