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CONTENTS A PRIL M AY 2019 9 Publisher’s Notes 12 Meet Jean-Yves Fillion, the Force Behind the BNP Paribas Open “Think globally, act locally” is more than a catch phrase for this CEO and sports fan 20 The Oracle Challenger Series, Indian Wells Rising stars Kyle Edmund and Viktorija Golubic qualified for the BNP Paribas Open 22 5th Annual Rosie Casals Team Tennis Pro-Am A charmed event that continues to benefit junior tennis and the community 24 The New Kid on the Block Golf-course designer Clive Clark provides insight into his stellar new course, Dumbarnie Links 26 The First Tee of the Coachella Valley Palm Desert’s junior golfer’s paradise 28 Caroline Wales on the Rise Make note of her name – she has 16 big plans for her golf future THRILLS & SURPRISES 30 AT THE 2019 BNP Golfer’s Playbook PARIBAS OPEN How to increase clubhead speed Full of upsets, this year’s BNP Paribas Open was one for the ages Cover photo: Jean-Yves Fillion Inset photo: Bianca Andreescu, Photo by Luigi Serra photo by Luigi Serra Desert Golf &tennis • April MAy 2019 5 CONTENTS A PRIL M AY 2019 34 Be Cool & Stay Cool in the 32 Valley This Summer GOLF AND TENNIS Find your personal cool spot for a COMMUNITIES ARE NOT respite from summer’s heat ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL How to choose the golf or tennis community that’s right for you 38 Desert Golf & Tennis Dining Guide Spring ushers in al fresco dining and fresh, seasonal foods 44 Hiding In Plain Sight Secret cocktail lounges in the Coachella Valley are bringing sexy back 48 A Tribute to Greatness Introducing Ferrari’s F8 Tributo 50 The Art and Functionality of the GUCCI Handbag A study in black, tan, red and green 47 EMarco Dal Maso Designs for 48 Women and Men Celebrating individual identities and the bond that connects us all 56 Tennis Resort Maps and Guides 64 Golf Resort Maps and Guides 38 Desert Golf &tennis • April MAy 2019 7 April MAy 2019 publisher’s notes By timothy J. pade • [email protected] Welcome to this issue of Desert Golf & With hot weather soon on its way, we also Tennis . Spring is here and we wind down the feature some of the best places in the valley for desert winter with an amazing season. The adults and entire families to stay cool and world-class BNP Paribas Open, the largest ATP embrace summer fun—after you finish your Tour and WTA combined two-week tennis early-morning play on the course or court. Get event in the world, just wrapped with a record- your ideas for cool summer activities beginning breaking attendance—more than 475,000 on pg. 34. tickets sold this year. For those of you who love to travel, our We are extremely proud to feature Jean- renowned golf-course architect, Clive Clark, Yves Fillion, CEO, BNP Paribas USA, on our profiles his latest creation near St. Andrews in cover. BNP Paribas is ranked among the top 10 Scotland. This golf course will certainly rival banks in the world. Fillion oversees its any links course in Scotland or the world. Read wholesale and retail activities in the United about the course and its design on pg. 24. States and is chairman of corporate and Lastly, the future of the game of golf is in institutional banking for the Americas. Read good hands with The First Tee, and we’re more about this amazing corporate leader, as featuring The First Tee of the Coachella Valley well as the bank’s commitment to tennis in this issue. The First Tee is an international worldwide, on pg. 12. youth development organization that provides Also in this edition, we profile the 5th educational programs to build character and Annual Rosie Casals Team Tennis Pro-Am. promote health through golf. Learn more Casals is a local figure in the Coachella Valley beginning on pg. 26. and hosts tennis clinics and events organized by We hope you have an amazing summer of her Love & Love Tennis Foundation. Learn golf, tennis and all the other valley activities, and more about the tournament and foundation we look forward to fall and another great year starting on pg. 22. bringing you Desert Golf & Tennis ! Desert Golf &tennis • April MAy 2019 9 April MAy 2019 20th Annual Vol.XX, no.iV Editor/Publisher: TIMOTHY J. PADE Marketing/Promotion: TIMOTHY J. PADE Deputy Articles Editor: CHRISTINE LOOMIS P.O. Box 1158, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 (760) 969-2392 • (800) 858-9677 [email protected] Writers: AARON ATWOOD KIMBERLY COOPER CLIVE CLARK Account Executive ALISON ELSNER KAREN GUTHRIE CHRIS LEWIS P.O. 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Box 1158, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 TO SUBSCRIBE call: 760-969-2392 or visit dgnt.com Desert Golf & Tennis, LLC President, Timothy J. Pade In Memoriam, Executive Vice President, Ellen Meyer Secretary, Sherwood Steele Legal Counsel, Michael Henson Follow us on facebook at: facebook.com/golfmagazines Search “Desert Golf” on facebook and become a fan for updates and golf promos Desert Golf & Tennis is a division of Pade Publishing, L.L.C. Follow us on twitter at: S ASS’N R O E F twitter.com/desertgolfguy T I A R M E W R F I L C O A G National Photography Award 1st Place International Network of Golf Awards 2004, 2005 & 2008 on Cover “Think globally, act locally” is more than a catch phrase for this CEO and sports fan In March, tennis fans worldwide are focused on the Indian students, Fillion is obviously proud of this program. He directs the Wells Tennis Garden and the BNP Paribas Open, one of the top media to talk with the students, whom he has come to know on a events in the sport. first-name basis. With the spotlight shining brightly on the venue, as well as on Born and raised in the French Alps near the Swiss border, Fillion title sponsor BNP Paribas and its subsidiary Bank of the West, it’s learned to sail on Lake Geneva. He’s an accomplished laser sailboat time to meet Jean-Yves Fillion, CEO of BNP Paribas USA and competitor and describes his other hobbies as a “recreational chairman of CIB Americas. tennis player, golfer and skier.” Fillion started at BNP Paribas 35 years ago and has lived in the He also humbly mentions that he’s a member of the board of U.S. for 28 years. A fixture throughout the Open, he’s the one at governors for the International Tennis Hall of Fame, a former the tournament engaging with everyone from his corporate and member of the French National Sailing Team and an active institutional clients to community members, celebrities and member of the New York Yacht Club and American Yacht Club. tournament officials. If you’ve been to the tournament, chances are Currently residing in New York, Fillion states “I am Dominic Thiem, Jean-Yves Fillion and Roger Federer Photo by Luigi Serra you’ve encountered Fillion as he makes his way from stadium to French/American spending most of my life in the United States. I stadium to conduct interviews, present awards and chat with love California and lived here for 11 years.” volunteers, visitors and clients. At the same time he has another Sitting with Fillion, it’s easy to feel his dedication to BNP Paribas serious mission: to make sure that the many programs BNP Paribas and the tournament that bears the bank’s name. He frequently and Bank of the West bring each year to the tennis youth of the uses words such as sustainability, values, teams and diversity. “It’s Coachella Valley are on track and running smoothly. about respecting the opponent and the people you work with,” he As Fillion generously offers his time to us, the interview must says, referring to tennis, business and life. flow with his commitments. We begin in the administrative office In answer to the question of how a French bank became the By Françoise Rhodes boardroom, move to the BNP Paribas Suite, back to another title sponsor of a tennis tournament in the Coachella Valley, Fillion administrative suite and then to the media center for a press says, “Tennis is part of the DNA of this bank.” The bank has been announcement and interviews with four local high school involved in tennis since the 1970s. students, each of whom received a $15,000 college grant from the BNP Paribas was created in 2000 with the merger of Banque BNP Paribas Open Scholarship program. Seated next to the Nationale de Paris (BNP) and major investment bank Paribas.