The overseeding is slightly behind schedule. We will determine on Tuesday our official reopening date. Numerous issues have prevented the transition, but we're working hard on it.

The 2009 Annual Pass Program will go on sale October 15^th, 2008. The early incentive program will go from October 15^th, 2008 until December 15^th, 2008.

We will be sending out all the documents to the Trilogy Community Members this week. Most will be emailed out unless we don’t have an email address.

Everything will go online on October 1st, 2008.

On the Landscaping front, Scott Werline’s landscaping team is finishing up on #12 and will be heading to #13 later this week. Much like our overseeding schedule our team is behind due to unforeseen circumstances. As a reminder it takes anywhere from 5 to 7 days to complete the landscaping per hole.

On the Anthony Kim watch, Anthony played well enough to have a chance to make a putt to get into the playoff at the Tour Championship. We went toe to toe with Sergio, Phil, and Camillo Villgas all day even taking the lead at one point. In the end Anthony couldn’t make the birdie opportunities he had down the stretch. All in all it was a great season for Anthony with winnings of over $4.6 million dollars. He is off to South Korea to play in an event this week. He will return home and then venture off to Australia and then New Zealand to finish the year.

Don’t forget about Monday Night Football at Azul Restaurant. Chef Roy always has some great drink specials and tonight will feature his soon to be famous pizza. Come on down and make Azul Restaurant your Neighborhood Sports Bar.

Thursday Night is Italian Night. Chef Roy and Chef Janario will offer 3 different entrée’s each week. October 9^th will be the sneak preview of what this tandem has to offer you for Thursday nights through the season.

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!

What a week last week was! It started on Tuesday when Diane Kelly made a Hole in One on #17. It was her first. I gave her husband two options for her, a diamond ring or a really nice night out and dinner. You will have to find out what his decision was. That score makes two “holes in one” in the last two weeks on the golf course.

Friday was a most exciting day in the golf world with the USA taking a nice lead in the Ryder Cup Matches. It was even more exciting for us here in La Quinta to see our Hometown boy Anthony Kim play great golf in teaming up with Phil Mickelson.

Sunday finished the week with our Annual Hit and Giggle Golf Event. This year we set up the front nine as a Par 3 tournament. We had 21 participants. Fun was had by all. Chef Roy put on a great BBQ spread, and we watched my beloved Cowboys show the fans of Lambeau Field what a Championship Football Team looks like!

Today we are closed until October 6^th for overseeding. The weather so far has been very cooperative.

The 2009 Annual Pass Program will go on sale October 15^th, 2008. The early incentive program will go from October 15^th, 2008 until December 15^th, 2008.

We will also have a webcast hosted by our own Todd Reed and myself discussing the frequently asked questions about the program.

The Annual Pass Program is on its final leg of completion. You will be able to review the program the first week of October with the Program going on Sale October 15^th, 2008.

On the Anthony Kim watch, Anthony is of to Atlanta for the Tour Champion, one of 30 players left in the Fedex Cup Playoff!

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!

The dog days of summer roll on! Saturday we were surprised with a little rain, enough to create some high humidity, but it did cool things down a bit. The month of September starts the countdown to overseeding. Superintendent Scott Werline and his staff will start to slowly reduce the amount of water on the golf course and we start the drying out process leading up to the September 22 scheduled overseed. This will be the time that you will really see some added distance to your drives!

Last week we had two groups out to Trilogy. First, the La Quinta Community Center had their final Summer Tour event, with 39 players participating and staying for their awards lunch. Second, Chuck Farrell’s 2nd Annual Labor Day Golf event was played over two days, first at Indian Palms Country Club, then on Sunday here at Trilogy. Chuck had 40 players participating.

As I am writing today’s blog, the PGA Tour is finishing the second of its 4th Playoff Golf Tournaments, this one the Dueche Bank outside of Boston. Anthony Kim had a strong start with 10 under par for the first two rounds. Yesterday was not kind to Anthony has he fired a 3 over par 74 and moved from 9th place to a tie for 30th. A strong finish should help him stay in the top 30 players, securing that he will play in the final two events. Anthony will also be making is first appearance in this year’s Ryder Cup!

Great news from Golf Digest, we just received a 4 ½ out of 5 star rating from them. We moved up ½ point from last year. My hat goes off to all the employees who helped up with this award. Speaking of awards, we are still in first place on the Best of The Best contest put on by PalmSpringslife.com.

I will be rolling out our specials for September on Thursday! Look for some great deals on this great golf course!

Todd Reed and I will be hosting our first webcast later this week. We will be discussing the finer points of the 2009 Annual Pass and Coupon Program.

It is our goal to provide you with 1-2 webcasts per week. We will cover a wide variety of topics which will include golf instruction, insights into the PGA Tour, and Special Activities that we will be hosting here at Trilogy Golf Club. Our own Todd Reed is an award winning Sports Director. Todd is the first radio/television personality to win the coveted Cranny Award for both his work in television and radio. Todd will bring a fun and exciting view to the topics we cover.

I will remind you each week that the golf course - including the Azul Restaurant - will be closed from September 22nd to October 5th, 2008. The Golf Shop will be open with selected hours to handle tee times for when we re-open.

Until next week, keep rolling the rock!