On a personal note, there are two big events coming up in the next couple of weeks.

First, on Wednesday July 30^th, I will be celebrating my 25^th Wedding Anniversary. My lovely bride Debbie, of all these years, has weathered the storm of being married to a vagabond golf professional. She has been an incredible companion and has been a superb working mother to our two children Maggie and Paull. This past year she worked extremely hard in passing both of her required tests to become a licensed stockbroker with Solis Wealth Management. No small task for anyone, let alone someone living with me and working a 50 hour a week job!

The second big event is the two year anniversary of this Trilogy Blog. It all started while I was caddying at the PGA Championship at Medina Country Club outside of Chicago. I will expound more in detail about those early days over the next few weeks. Thanks to all of you loyal readers and golfers!

Well enough about me, let’s get down to some business here at Trilogy Golf Club. General Manager Tom Catanzarite has been with us for over 30 days. Tom is a great fit for us here at Trilogy. We look forward to continually moving the dial here when it comes to customer service, merchandising and of course making each person’s time here a memorable one.

The weather has been very cooperative over the last few weeks, and today’s high is only 105. Now for those of you up north who are reading this you’ll think I’ve fallen off my chair and hit my head to make a statement that 105 is a comfortable temperature. For all of us desert inhabitants, anything under 110 is a cooling trend and the golf is very inviting!

On the Anthony Kim watch, it has been a great run for the La Quinta native. A 7^th place finish at the British Open was only tarnished by the bogey, bogey, and bogey finish. He led the tournament in greens hit in regulation, but finished almost last in putting stats. Oh, the thoughts of what might have been if a few putts could have fallen. I will not take anything away from Padraig Harrington; he won the tournament in great fashion. Last week was definitely a roller coaster tournament at the Canadian Open. Anthony was tied for the first round lead with a great 65. Weather played a part in the happenings of the second day. Anthony started out with double bogey and finished the front nine with a 5 over par 40 and that dropped him to 26^th place. He was able to make a birdie and an eagle before the weather finished off the day. Early Saturday morning Anthony finished birdie, birdie, and eagle to fire a 29 on the back nine (setting the back nine course record). He had seven 3’s and two 4’s on his card. The finish vaulted him into 5^th place. Another great Saturday round of 64 left him one shot back of the lead and in the final group on Sunday. A poor putting day on the final round spelled disaster again for Anthony. A bogey, bogey finish left him tied for 11^th. Anthony is off to the Bridgestone World Championship in Ohio this week and will be involved in events 8 of the next 10 weeks. With Tiger out of the picture Anthony is preparing to make a run at the 10 million dollar first place prize awarded to the winner of the Fed Ex Cup. Stay tuned for the excitement and drama to follow.

I sound like a broken record, but I am telling the truth - our golf course continues to be in great shape. The fairways and rough are healing up from the aeration over the past month. The greens are in great shape and the ball is rolling smoothly. We should see a great run with the conditions until we have to aerate the greens again in late August.

With the double tee start system in place we have great tee times available every morning before the heat bakes the desert floor. We have over 112 rounds of golf available between 6:30 am and 8:30 am. Check out our upcoming specials for July and August. Lots of great golf, golf balls and lunches are available! Don’t miss out. www.Trilogygolfclub.com/laquinta

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!

If this is your first time to the Trilogy Blog, welcome! If you are returning, welcome back!

Well the dog days of summer have finally hit that point where we're all finally tired of the heat. You know you are half way through it which in turn also means that you have another half to go. Many of our Trilogy Members are starting to take their summer vacations to cooler temperatures.

The golf course continues to be in great shape. Scott Werline and his staff have done a wonderful job of keeping up the quality standards of our golf course despite the heat.

The British Open was a contrast in weather to ours - stocking caps and gloves in July! Rooting for our local interest, Anthony Kim, continues to be an adventure and a pleasure all in one. Despite finishing last in the putting stats over the week, Anthony was in contention to win the British Open on the final nine holes! Unfazed by neither the weather, the golf course, nor his competition, Anthony continues to play at a level that warrants not only national attention but worldwide attention. In the end, Padraig Harrington was too strong for the field with a 4 under par final nine holes! No one lost the event, Padrig went out and won the tournament! His round of 69 in the final group was equivalent to a 63 or 64 on a calm day. No one was going to overcome that incredible back nine. There were many like Anthony, Ian Poulter and Henrick Stensen that gave it a gallant try, but in the end Paddy played 9 holes for the ages. To say nothing about what a great job Greg Norman did last week would be a crime. He was noble, stoic, and a competitor to the end. No one can fault his final round for the loss to Padrig. Norman didn’t lose the tournament, Padrig won it.

With the PGA coming up and the Ryder Cup to follow, I see Anthony being the straw that stirs the drink - the attitude the Americans need to defeat the Europeans once and for all at the Ryder Cup.

We have done an audit of our inventory, which is a great thing for you, the consumer. I wouldn’t wait - we are going to have weekly blowout specials on a variety of golf shop merchandise each week. I would suggest each week calling the golf shop or stopping by to see what inventory we are moving. Check out our email and web specials in the golf shop and get a jump on birthdays or special occasions.

With the double tee start system in place we have great tee times available every morning before the heat bakes the desert floor. Check out our upcoming specials for July, lots of great specials for golf, golf balls and lunches! Don’t miss out - www.Trilogygolfclub.com/laquinta

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!

We had an interesting week of weather. Extremely high temperatures started the week, while overcast skies, high humidity, and low temperatures finished the week.

Golf Course Superintendent Scott Werline and his staff continue to do a great job in maintaining the condition of the golf course. On Friday we verticut the greens and put a light top dressing to help smooth out the roll on some of the greens.

There have been some issues with various plants dying for lack of water. Most of these areas are where Shea Homes is working on the dry well system on the golf course. Some of these areas had water shut off until the project is done. Once the project is finished we will be able replace the drip irrigation and get the water back on.

We have moved up the double tee times from 6:30am to 8:30 am to help get people in before the high temperatures and humidity of mid day.

Sunday we hosted the Golf Channel Amateur Tour. This 40 player event had a great time. The players were greeted with overcast skies and some cooler temperatures.

Congratulations to Sandy Kassen on her recent Hole in One. The Ladies of Trilogy have an unwritten rule of getting a diamond necklace to celebrate the hole in one. Dr. Marv, this is your first warning. Better start getting new clients to pay for that diamond necklace. You can thank Hilda Condra for this one! One again, way to go Sandy!

On the Anthony Kim watch, Anthony headed out to the British Open on Saturday. Although Anthony hasn’t played much links style golf, he has all the shots that should make him one of the new favorites. Many have now have dubbed Anthony the best player to not win a major. Maybe after this week he will be the best player on tour not named Tiger Woods. I am sure that Anthony was heating up the phone lines with Tiger getting some advice on how to play the links style course.

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!