CONTENTS F EBRUARY M ARCH 2020 9 Publisher’s Notes 22 Indian Wells Tennis Garden—20 Years & Counting The superb facility celebrates its success but still looks to the future 26 2020 Tennis with the Stars Where hard work and discipline are the name of the game 28 Pete Dye Has Passed Away But His Legacy Lives On In his lifetime, Pete Dye redefined golf-course design 30 ANA Inspiration 2020 The tournament everyone loves is back, with a few new additions 34 11th Annual Desert Arc Golf Classic Play a round of golf to support valley residents with disabilities 36 The Warburton 2020 One of the desert’s most successful charity events returns in March 38 The First Annual Grant Fuhr Celebrity Invitational This charity event has one major difference from many others 16 40 2019’s Biggest Headlines 2020 Annalee Thurston Award From a rising star showcasing Honoring Billie Jean King & the Original her talents to living legends Nine, Benefiting the Love & Love Tennis proving age is just a number, Foundation 2019 was a year to remember Photo by Luigi Serra Cover photo: Rafael Nadal, Photo by Luigi Serra Desert Golf &tennis • february March 2020 5 CONTENTS F EBRUARY M ARCH 2020 42 66 GOLFER’S PLAYBOOK Dining at the BNP Executing precision wedge play Paribas Open The next best thing to stellar tennis at Indian Wells Tennis 44 Garden is the creative cuisine Custom Total Knee Replacement on offer If you’re considering total knee replacement, read on 46 The Essential Sports Massage Signature treatments for peak performance 52 From Condos to Custom Estates, Coachella Valley Has a Home for You It’s no exaggeration to say there‘s truly something for everyone 56 What to See & Do Across the Coachella Valley This Season 76 Bugatti Chiron—a Class of its Own It will turn heads 80 76 Tony Burch rules the Runway & Rocks the tennis court Fearlessly following dreams and looking good at the same time 82 Baccarat for Everyday Life President & CEO Jim Shreve’s mission is crystal clear: carpe diem 86 60 Golf & Tennis R esort Maps and Guides Swinging Social Foodie Season Pair your favorite food with live entertainment for the best of all worlds Desert Golf &tennis • february March 2020 7 F EBRUARY M ARCH 2020 Publisher’s notes by timothy J. Pade • [email protected] Welcome to the BNP Paribas Open at the world-class Desert Dunes Golf Club with celebrity participants Indian Wells Tennis Garden. from the world of sports including hockey greats Wayne We’re proud to feature world No. 1 Rafael Nadal on Gretzky and Mario Lemieux and Jim McMahon of our cover. This issue is packed full of tennis and tennis Chicago Bear fame. Please see our feature on Grant Fuhr history with Indian Wells Tennis Garden (IWTG) in its Celebrity Invitational on pg. 38. 20th season of operation and once again hosting the The Warburton, now celebrating its 10th annual phenomenal BNP Paribas Open. Kudos to the vision of event has raised more than $10 million dollars and has South African tennis great Ray Moore, Puerto Rican become famous as the “rock ‘n roll” tournament in the tennis star Charlie Pasarell and co-founder & CEO of desert. Many of its past celebrity participants come from Oracle, Larry Ellison. Indian Wells Tennis Garden hosts the world of rock including Alice Cooper, Mickey more than 470,000 attendees over the two-week period Thomas, Robby Krieger and Huey Lewis, all of the BNP Paribas Open, the dining and other amenities participating to help raise money for St. Jude. Read all are superb and players and fans have made it among the about it starting on pg. 36. most popular venues in the world of tennis. Read all The world of golf lost one of its legendary mega- about it starting on pg. 22. superstars this January with the passing of Pete Dye. This issue also features the 4th major in golf, the Dye designed more than 100 golf courses around the LPGA’s ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country world and 12 courses in California at such clubs as Club. The top women golfers in the world all come to Hideaway, Mission Hills, Westin Mission Hills, Rancho Rancho Mirage the first week of April. Read more Santa Fe Farms, PGA West, Trump National LA, William starting on pg. 30. Land Park, Dos Lagos, Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch and Many charity tournaments in the valley raise three at the LaQuinta Resort. Dye and his wife, Alice, thousands of dollars for important causes and we feature helped define course design. He was an amazing man, two of them in this issue. The Patrick Warburton husband, family man and architect, and I will personally Celebrity Golf Tournament benefits St. Jude Children’s miss his quick wit and talents. Read our feature honoring Research Hospital, and the new Grant Fuhr Celebrity Pete Dye on pg. 28. Invitational benefits the Hazelden Betty Ford This edition is the work of many and we sincerely Foundation here in Rancho Mirage. Hockey Hall of hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed putting it Famer and desert resident Grant Fuhr plays host at together. Desert Golf &tennis • february March 2020 11 february March 2020 21st annual Vol.XXi, no.iii Editor/Publisher: TIMOTHY J. PADE Marketing/Promotion: TIMOTHY J. 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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 As hard as it may be to believe, we’re about to embark on the 2020 tennis season, one that’s expected to provide fans plenty of entertainment as the game’s greatest players prepare to continue to break records and up-and-comers hope to fulfill their potential and prove that the future of tennis is as bright as ever. But first, let’s take a look back at the remarkable year that was 2019—a year full of incredible play, record performances, surprises and extraordinary headlines. Bianca Andreescu Photo by Luigi Serra Bianca Andreescu Teenage Sensation “I had some doubts because I’ve witnessed her come back from Prior to the 2019 season, Canadian Bianca Andreescu was being 5-0 down,” Andreescu said at the time. “I just told myself to By Chris Lewis viewed by tennis analysts as a future star who would fulfill her stick with my tactics.” potential in seasons to come. But by the end of the 2019 season, her The tactics were certainly successful. She became the first talent was already fully realized as she became a household name. Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title, the first female to win The magic began at the BNP Paribas Open, hosted at world- the U.S. Open during her main-draw debut and the first player born renowned Indian Wells Tennis Garden, where she defeated after 2000 to claim victory at a Grand Slam championship. In Angelique Kerber for her first WTA title. addition, she rose to No. 5 in the WTA rankings, the highest ranking A few days later she injured her right shoulder during the fourth ever achieved by a Canadian woman. round of the Miami Open, leading to a three-month recovery. She Not to mention, Andreescu also became just the sixth woman attempted a comeback at the French Open but was forced to retire to win the BNP Paribas Open and the U.S. Open in the same year, before her second-round match and missed the entire grass-court joining such luminaries as Serena Williams, Steffi Graf and Monica season. The comeback truly began during the U.S. Open series as Seles. At the same time she also enjoyed another outstanding Andreescu acquired her second WTA title, defeating Serena achievement, becoming the first teenager to win a Grand Slam Williams at the 2019 Rogers Cup in Toronto—the first Canadian to singles title in 13 years; the last was Maria Sharapova in the 2006 claim the championship in 50 years.