Golf Calaveras County - Trinitas Press Room

Sacramento Bee writer Steve Pajak goes "On Tour" at Trinitas

January 2010

"When was the last time you were excited just to see the next hole on a golf course and it didn't have anything to do with how you were playing? Play Trinitas for the first time and you'll have your answer." -- Steve Pajak

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Sacramento Bee features Trinitas: "Course owner's dream a nightmare to some"

January 2010

Excerpt:  "...The idea to build a full-fledged destination resort came early in 2005, Nemee says. He forged ahead because he says his proposal had the support of every Calaveras County department head and its supervisors.

A former county official – former Chief Building Official Ray Waller – says he was present during a meeting of county department heads in January 2005 in which Nemee received the go-ahead.

"We were asked if there was anything in the county code that prohibited it," Waller recalled. "When no one said anything, department heads were instructed to work with Nemee, to help him get through the application process.

"He had his marching orders and he followed them. Everybody in the county from the top down knew this was taking place. Some people at that meeting then seemed to have memory loss."

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GolfJunkys.com Sits Down with Trinitas Owner Mike Nemee to get the Full Story

Trinitas featured in NCGA Golf Magazine

Although Trinitas Golf Club has yet to open, the NCGA has featured Trinitas on the cover of the Spring 2007 edition of NCGA Golf magazine. The magazine is the official publication of the Northern California Golf Association and is the largest regional golf magazine in the United States.

The magazine is distributed to more than 180,000 members of the NCGA, and to more than 400 member golf clubs. The accompanying feature story written by acclaimed golf writer, Ron Salsig, outlines the story of how Trinitas was conceived by a complete industry outsider, owner and architect, Mike Nemee.

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Trinitas featured in Golf Today Magazine

Golf writer, Bob Fagan, has eloquently described the story behind the construction of Trinitas Golf Club as "Golf's Field of Dreams."  The May 2007 edition of Golf Today likens the voice that the Ray Kinsella character hears in the movie to the vision that Mike Nemee saw when looking at an aerial photo of his property.

Says Fagan, "Writing about the Trinitas Golf Club is a fascinating and unusual story with easily three different story lines; an unlikely course, built by a most unlikely person, with an unusual business model poised to succeed."

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Trinitas Ranked 40th in GolfWeek's Best New Courses

October 2008, Bradley S. Klein, GolfWeek

Trinitas was rated number 40 in GolfWeek's Best New Courses of 2008.  GolfWeek's course rankings are based on input from nearly 500 raters who regularly submit ballots based on 10 criteria. 

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Economic Report:  "The Economic Impact of Trinitas Golf Resort"

December 2008.  Cirian M. Villavicencio, MPA

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Economic Report:  "Economic Considerations for Calaveras County"

Prepared for the Calaveras County Taxpayers Association and the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors.  December 6, 2008.  Prepared by Cory Burnell, Burnell Wealth Management.

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10 Questions with the Sierra Golfer "Golf Guy"

The first edition of a new regional golf magazine, Sierra Golfer, features an interview with Mike Nemee.  Editor and Publisher, Rick Rider, a.k.a. "The Golf Guy" sits down with the Trinitas CEO and Owner to find out a little more about the project and just how it came to fruition.

Read the full story here.  (See page 18-19)

Trinitas Joins Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary Program

Trinitas Golf Club has received certification in Environmental Planning from the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses (ACSP), an international program administered by Audubon International designed to help landowners preserve and enhance the environmental quality of their property.

Read the press release here.