I would like to welcome our New General Manager, Tom Catanzarite, to Trilogy Golf Club at La Quinta. Tom is very familiar with the Coachella Valley, having served as the General Manager at Mission Hills Country Club a few years back. Tom is very excited to be here and to move the dial on our guest experience and member services. He has a great deal of background in the food and beverage arena, and you will see some new and fun ideas from the Azul Restaurant between now and the reopening this fall.

Tom has an open door policy, so if you have any questions, feel free to stop by and meet with him. At this time all remaining managers - Leah Stewart, Roy Luna, Scott Werline, and myself - are still in place to provide you with the professional, courteous and friendly service you're accustomed to, plus one of the best conditioned golf courses in the Coachella Valley.

We will be setting a date for a Meet the GM Ice Cream Social so keep your eyes peeled for emails and bulletins on MyTrilogyLife.com. We also will be starting our process to interview new candidates for the Head Golf Professional position. This position will be filled by, or just after, our overseeding process.

On the Anthony Kim watch, Anthony is preparing for Tiger Woods' AT&T Championship, followed by the British Open. Anthony plans on spreading out his playing to prepare for what may well be an Official Ryder Cup invitation and the FedEx Cup. He is now being featured in a new Nike Commercial alongside KJ Choi, and Trevor Immelman. Last week Anthony just signed a contract to be represented by IMG, the same firm that represents Tiger Woods! He is taking this all in stride, and is working on getting his game to a level where he will compete for the title each week. You will see some more amazing things from this 23 year old through the balance of this year.

I wish all of you a safe and fun Fourth of July Weekend! We will be busy offering some of the best specials in the desert! If you have guest or family coming into town, this is a great way to get them out for a fantastic price on a well-conditioned golf course.

Check out our upcoming specials for July, lots of great golf, golf balls and lunches! Don’t miss out - www.Trilogygolfclub.com/laquinta.

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!

Last week was bittersweet, as we had two of our managers leave Trilogy. We are sad to see them go, but we know that their decisions are what are best for them and their future.

General Manager Brandon O’Neill, a staple here at Trilogy, has taken a new General Manager position in Virginia. Brandon will be missed, but we are excited for him and the new challenges that he will face. Brandon was one of the longest working employees here at Trilogy, starting out in the outside service area in 2002 and working his way up to the General Manager position, one that he has had for over a year.

Nick Mitchell, Head Golf Professional, has always had the dream of developing a career playing golf. He felt that this was the time to follow that dream. We wish Nick all the luck and will be looking for his name as he travels through the Mini-Tour circuit. Nick has all the length it takes to play tour level golf. He just needs the opportunity to play and practice on a consistent basis.

A new General Manager will be named and in place by Friday, June 27th, 2008.

Todd Mielke, Golf Operations Manager at Trilogy Redmond Ridge, has come down to help out while we are in transition. Stop on by and introduce yourself and give him a big Trilogy La Quinta welcome.

What a difference a week makes. On Tuesday morning I was recounting the great Tiger Woods win at Torrey Pines, and by Wednesday we were being informed that he is out for the year. This is the PGA Tour’s method of sharing the wealth. Now the $10 million FedEx Cup is really up for grabs! Major Championships in general are up for grabs; what a season remaining!

On the Anthony Kim watch, Anthony is preparing for the next World Golf Championship and then off to Tiger Woods' AT&T Championship, followed by the British Open. Anthony plans on spreading out his playing to prepare for what well might be an Official Ryder Cup invitation and then the FedEx Cup.

Check out our upcoming specials for May, lots of great golf, golf balls and lunches! Don’t miss out - www.Trilogygolfclub.com/laquinta

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!

Like every golfer except our National Director of Marketing (who attended Saturday and Sunday at Torrey Pines but had to come back to his office in Phoenix on Monday, resulting in his sequestering of himself in his office with at "don't tell me the outcome!" sign on his door all day, so he could TiVo and watch it at home that night), I was in tune with the events of yesterday’s US Open playoff. I didn’t want to write the Blog before the final results, so here we are a day later than normal. Tiger is no doubt a great player, but man did he get some breaks. The difference between Tiger and most of the other players is that Tiger takes advantage of his breaks. Saturday’s eagle on 13 would have been played from someone’s front yard if he hit that shot at Trilogy Golf Club. He hit it so far right that all the grass he was in was dead and trampled down. The better you are, sometimes the luckier you are. I tip my cap to Tiger, winning despite the pain in his knee (Tiger, I’ve known that pain for 30 years!). He was the best player in the field and ended up as the one holding the Trophy.

This year’s US Open had a little different feel for me because of Anthony Kim. For those of you who regularly read my Blog, you know that Anthony is a close family friend. I spent Saturday and Sunday following Anthony.

We had dinner Saturday night and had a great time. It's funny that now the tables are reversed and he is the one pulling out the wallet to pay for dinner. An even par weekend moved Anthony from 65th to 29th in the final standings. I'll try not to be biased here, but I guarantee you that no one hit the ball better than Anthony. It wasn’t that his putter was bulky; it was just that the putts were not falling. Anthony was in great position for much of the week. In the two days I watched him he didn’t make a single putt over 15 feet. How many putts did Tiger make over 15 feet?

Torrey Pines was great, the weather was fantastic, and by and large the crowds were very manageable. Obviously there were times where we were being herded like cows to slaughter - in fact on Sunday we got caught in the Tiger wave trying to watch Anthony play 18 as Tiger was moving to 9. It literally took us 25 minutes to get thru!

I can say I was 30 yards from the green when Tiger made his birdie putt to move into the playoff with Rocco. Unfortunately I was behind a human wall that was literally 8 deep.

Yesterday’s finish was the crown jewel of what was a fantastic tournament. My hat is off to the USGA, the people of San Diego, and all the volunteers, who put on a great event.

I would like to recognize our Assistant Superintendent Tom Becker. Tom took vacation time to be a volunteer on the Maintenance Crew for the US Open. Vacation for Tom meant getting up at 4 am and getting to bed at 9 pm every night. We are proud of Tom and his dedication to his craft. Tom my friend, well done!

Chef Roy and the team members put on a great Father’s Day feast. The clubhouse was full and alive with music from the Evaro Brothers. Thanks to you folks who continue to support our restaurant. This week we have two events on schedule. Friday Night will be an all you can eat Pizza and Salad Bar and Saturday will be a Cookout. To find out more click here.

Men’s Club continues to be very active with over 40 players every Monday. Ladies League and the 9 hole ladies groups are still going strong on their Tuesday mornings.

The Desert Mixer is being very well received. We have had a full slate of 9 players and alternates over the past two weeks. We currently have left on the rotation:

• June 13th
  Mission Hills Country Club
  3 openings
• June 20th
  Desert Princess
  All spots available
• June 27th
  Desert Falls
  5 spots available

Check out our upcoming specials for May, lots of great golf, golf balls and lunches! Don’t miss out - www.Trilogygolfclub.com/laquinta

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!

What can I say about the weather last week! We are hard pressed to get better weather this time of year. The tee sheet showed evidence of the mild temperatures. We averaged about 40 walk-ins each day. Once people noticed that temperatures were not going to get over the 95/100 range, they came out to have a great day of golf.

The aeration of the greens came out great. I played on Sunday afternoon and the greens were just a tiny bit slow because we were playing late in the day, but they rolled smooth.

After playing Sunday, I want to say that we have some people who need to enroll in our “Stretch for 3 program.” This is a new fitness system that is designed to encourage each golfer to stretch prior to, and after putting. By stretching to fix 3 ball marks you are guaranteeing increased flexibility and greater distance off your drives. I am not sure if the issue was that people needed glasses (not being able to see the large ball marks), or the fact that they were unable to bend over and fix their marks.

Chef Roy has a full slate of activities set up for this June in the Azul Restaurant. This Friday night, we will have an all-you-can-eat Pizza and Salad Buffet; and on Saturday, Azul Restaurant is having a cookout from 5 to 7 pm.

On the Anthony Kim watch, Anthony plans to come to the desert and prepare for the US Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla. Anthony has fond memories of Torrey Pines, having won the Junior World Championships there.

Check out our upcoming specials for May, lots of great golf, golf balls and lunches! Don’t miss out- www.TrilogyGolfClub.com/laquinta.

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!