Hiophone BU 84 Hol a) Ithough the best deal in sports lasted only for a weekend this past spring, the nine- hhole Tahoe City Golf Course launched its centennial anniversary with a fifty cent green fee, arate typical ofthe early 20th Century. It then hosted puttingand driving contests with hickory putters and other antiquarian gear, followed by similar 1918- themed promotions. And in anod to the femininity ofits original designer, Tahoe City hosted a clinic byAnnika Sorenstam, arguably the greatest female golfer in the modern era. “Today ifeary snow hasn’tblanketed she property and converted the course into its Winter Sports Park alter ego, there's still time to play the friendly lite track that far a century epitomized the Joww key, laid back and welcoming Lake ‘Tahoe vibe. “This isa pretty special place, where everyone intown would give youthe shirts off their back if you needed it,” says Bob Bonino, now in his second tour of duty as ‘Tahoe City’s Golf Course Manager, posi- tion held by his father, Angelo, between 1951 and 1974."We'readog friendly course that’ easy to walk. Since people are usually happy when they’rehere, I've gotthebestjob inthe world.” A formercollegiate golfer at the University of San Francisco with an extremely easy-going manner, Bonino ushers through about 8,000 rounds per year, healthy for a seasonal course, albeit down from the ‘whopping 17,000 during Tiger-mania’s peak. “We get ‘alot of locals who work in the trades or hospitality industry,” adds Bonino, “and guys ike Dick Ferris the former United Airlines CEO, Doug Sanders, Robert ‘Trent Jones Jr. and that guy from Countrywide “Mortgage, who just loved to play here.” ‘Therepured scoundrel nowithstanding, celebrity ‘guestsare somewhat iting given Tahoe City’s origins, from a time when wealthy merchants, financiers, railroad barons and industrialists, mostly from San Francisco, came to Tahoe via railway spurlineout of ‘Truckee, to stay at the sumptuous Tahoe Tavern, a legendary lakeside Shangri-La. While continuously