Laguna Niguel, CA June 2021

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The Men’s Issue

S P O R T S + R E C R E ATI O N CA M ERO N T RI N G AL E: MY FAVO RI T E LO CAL C O U RSES LI F E + C U LTU R E SU P ER M EN A M O N G US FAT H ER ’ S DAY G I F T G U I D E

LIFESTYLE LETTER

JUNE 2021 PUBLISHER

Michael Gerard | michael.gerard@lifestylepubs.com EDITORIAL COORDINATOR

Barbara Kimler

Celebrating the Men!

ACCO UNT E XECUTI VE

DADS, GRANDDADS, UNCLES, THANK YOU FOR THE ROLE YOU PLAY IN RAIS-

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ING UP THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. Whether you coach a sports team, help out

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with homework, or work extra hard to save up for a surprise trip for your kiddos, we want to take this month to celebrate your efforts.

Here at Laguna Niguel Lifestyle, we are always inspired by what the men in our community do and create. We truly have some talented gentlemen in our midst… some “Super Men” in fact. And we’ve taken this issue to highlight some of them and learn from their experiences in life.

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Father’s Day. If you find anything in this issue, you can always dog-ear the page and leave it in the family room or the kitchen!

Take it easy, enjoy your family time, and don’t forget to do something just for yourself too.

Cheers!

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INSIDE THE ISSUE JUNE 2021

FEATURES 10 Monarch Bay Masterpiece A Beautiful Custom Awaits You Home in Monarch Bay

16 Cameron Tringale My Favorite Hometown Courses

24 Super Men Local Men Who Are Making our World a Better Place

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32 FUN-ctional Father’s Day Gift Ideas Your Special Man Can Actually Use

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ARTICLE MIKE GERARD

OPEN HOUSE

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A BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM AWAITS YOU HOME IN THIS GUARD GATED OCEANFRONT COMMUNITY

THIS MONTH’S PROPERTY SHOWCASE FEATURES A SPECTACULAR CUSTOM MONARCH BAY HOME THAT OFFERS THE ULTIMATE BEACHLOVER LIFESTYLE. This custom-designed single-level home welcomes you with vast, panoramic ocean and Catalina Island views. The property is situated in Monarch Bay, and ideally located on a two-home cul-de-sac with ample guest parking. It centers around an open courtyard with a fireplace, built-in BBQ, and an island that is accessible through the numerous disappearing sliding glass doors—creating the ultimate indoor/outdoor living experience. An abundance of natural light floods the graceful, open, and flowing design, and the beauty of ocean views adorn the living spaces. With a glass-enclosed, temperature-controlled wine room and massive fireplace, the formal dining room opens to spacious outdoor decks. The grand living room offers an oversized fireplace, bar, built-ins, and opens to the gourmet kitchen with a Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer, a Wolf professional range, dual sinks, Miele coffee machine, dual islands with seating, outdoor eating area, and stunning ocean views. The master, which opens to the rear yard, is graced with an all-white stone bathroom, walk-in shower, dual closets, and an office retreat with built-in and even more ocean views! The rear yard of the home features a pool, putting green, and fruit trees. Three additional bedrooms, each with its own bath, a large laundry room, and an expansive bonus/media room complete the home.

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MY FAVORITE HOMETOWN COURSES ARTICLE MIKE GERARD

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OCAL RESIDENT CAMERON TRINGALE’S PRECISION

AROUND THE GREENS HAS MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR FOR THE PAST DECADE. Already this season Cameron has recorded 4 top-10 finishes including a standalone 3rd at the RSM Classic, a T-3 at the Valspar Championship, and a T-7 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. When not on tour, Cameron enjoys visiting and playing all of the local courses he grew up with. We asked him to tell us about his favorites and what he likes best about each. Golfers enjoy!

“I love the variety . . . and the green surrounds are all really well kept”

EL NIGUEL COUNTRY CLUB This is my home course when I’m in town, and I can’t say enough good things about it. It’s kept in amazing condition and has the best poa annua greens in the County… just a really nice place to work on my game when I’m home. I love the variety of uphill and downhill—and the green surrounds are all really well kept. Chipping and pitching are

C A M E R O N T R IN G A L E

strengths of mine and I enjoy testing myself around the greens there. The membership is full of wonderful people who have welcomed me into the club. It’s a classic, tree-lined beautiful golf course in fantastic shape. The practice area has everything I need when I’m home training for the PGA Tour and it’s a terrific spot for my family. I just love everything about El Niguel. The course gives me a lot of options. I can play conservative back behind a lot of the trouble out there like fairway bunkers and such; or, if I’m feeling like I want to test myself, I can hit a driver on almost every hole and really force myself into some tight fairways. So it really is a great spot. I can’t say enough good things as an all-around club. El Niguel Country Club a very special place in my heart and I’m really proud to be a part of it.

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Photo: El Niguel Country Club

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SAN JUAN HILLS GOLF CLUB San Juan Hills is a fun, playable golf course where I played quite a bit growing up. My grandmother used to live on the 15th hole. So, at night, after play was done and it was getting dark, my brother Jon and I would work on our chipping and putting on the green by her house. We would look for balls up on the sides of the hills and she lived so close to the tee box that she got quite a few balls in her backyard. Needless to say, we always played with free balls! It’s just a really fun course to play when I was just starting out and it was more friendly for the novice golfer. The lay of the land is cool with nice up and down topography and I spent a lot of time at that driving range. I have a lot of fond memories from San Juan Hills Golf Club. We played twilight golf quite a bit back then and we were always trying to beat the sun. Often, we’d only make it to the 15th before dark.

Photo: San Juan Hills Golf Club

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“The lay of the land is cool with nice up and down topography . . .”

MONARCH BEACH GOLF LINKS

heavily discounted rate. Monarch Beach

This is a spot that goes way back for me.

is just such a unique spot with a couple of

I remember growing up just around the cor-

oceanfront holes, numbers 3 and 4, along

ner and my brother being a cart boy in high

Salt Creek Beach. The views are spectacu-

school. We would sneak down after school

lar. It’s one of those places where you pinch

and look for golf balls in the ravines—know-

yourself thinking, ‘Man, I can’t believe I live

ing that people playing Monarch Beach

in this beautiful area with an amazing golf

probably used Titleist Pro V’s and all the

course and the beach right there.’ It’s a

high-end golf balls that we couldn’t afford

lovely resort-style course with generously

as kids. My relationship with Monarch grew

wide fairways; it’s super playable and really

over time. Because my brother worked

fun. I still play there at least a couple of

there, we would get the family rate and

times a month when I’m home. I always

could play an amazing golf course for a

have a good time at Monarch Beach.

“It’s a lovely resort-style course with generously wide fairways; it’s super playable and really fun.”

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SANTA ANA COUNTRY CLUB Santa Ana is one of the most unique courses around.

A good friend of mine, Gavin Reid, is a member and when I’m in town, we play there quite a bit. The best thing about Santa Ana is the greens—the purist bent grass greens around. It’s great practice for the PGA Tour as those greens are fast and true. It really tests your putting and how well you’re matching up line and speed. I actually had my lowest round ever last Fall at Santa Ana. Magical 59! It was super thrilling to shoot that number, especially with a good friend watching.

And just to feel some nerves like that, on a week off, was really cool. I love Santa Ana Country Club. It’s definitely one of my top fews courses in the area.

Photo: Mike Wolfe/PGATOUREntertainment

MISSION VIEJO COUNTRY CLUB Mission Viejo Country Club is probably the toughest golf course in our area.

When my brother and I played for Mission Viejo High School, we called it Mission Impossible. Still do. Tee to green requires good ball-striking and you have to be on the right spots on the greens to have a chance.

It’s a really diverse course and you’ll need every club in your bag when playing there.

There are doglegs right-left, left-right, uphill, downhill, short, long... it really tests your game. I like to play there before Torrey Pines, the Honda Classic, or some of those tougher golf courses on the PGA Tour.

Mission Viejo taught me a lot. I’m really glad I was able to play so many rounds there growing up. I’m a better golfer because of it.

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Photo: Mission Viejo Country Club

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT ARTICLE BARBARA KIMLER | PHOTOGRAPHY KAREN REUTER

LOCAL MEN WHO ARE MAKING OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE

SETH R. TEIGEN, FACHE Seth Teigen’s healthcare career began at age 14 and today he’s chief executive of Providence Mission Hospital overseeing all aspects at the Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach hospitals and Providence Mission’s associations.

Teigen is proud of his alma mater, The University of Wisconsin, as evidenced by the vast collection of Badger memorabilia in his office. He says it’s a daily reminder of, “that time in my life, my alma mater, and the importance of our work.” A passionate and humble leader, Teigen came up through the ranks washing dishes at his hometown hospital then providing patient care followed by leadership positions in virtually every department of the hospital.

He reflects on this past year and jokes he would not have picked a global pandemic as a team-building exercise, although in many ways it turned out to be one. “I was blessed with an experienced senior leadership team and an incredibly engaged medical staff. I believe the Mission Hospital team feels a deeper connection to one another and I’m humbled to be in their presence every day; they are my heroes.”

While Seth takes immense pride in his work, his greatest accomplishment is family. He and his wife, Nicole, have two young boys who share his passion for golf and of course Wisconsin Badger sports! providence.org

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SUPER MEN

L AVA L B R E W E R Meet ‘Super Man’ LaVal Brewer. Well-versed in all areas of nonprofit leadership, LaVal is the president & CEO of South County Outreach, whose mission is to prevent hunger and homelessness by helping people help themselves. LaVal grew up in South Los Angeles as part of a middle-class family and a part-time summer job at Culver City Parks & Recreation Department provided the initial spark for nonprofit work.

Over the past 32 years, SCO grew from a food pantry aiding a few families in need to a multi-service provider of food, housing, rental and utility assistance, homeless prevention coaching and counseling, and computer skills training. In his first year at the helm of SCO, Brewer transformed the organization’s Food Pantry into a grocery store experience with options for nutritious and healthy food. In March, the nonprofit’s fundraising enterprise, Upscale Resale, went through a major transformation at their new location in Laguna Hills, raising money through sales of donated items (clothes, home goods, and furniture).

Brewer is an Elder at the Presbyterian Church of the Master in Mission Viejo where he resides with his wife and three daughters, who provide him with inspiration every day. sco-oc.org

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT (CONTINUED)

ANDREW BUCHANAN Former US Navy Seal Andrew Buchanan proudly calls Laguna Niguel home where he resides with his wife and two young sons. As a Navy Seal, he honorably served for 10-years (1990-2000), where he was a combat-decorated veteran with multiple deployments covering European, Middle Eastern, African & Caribbean theatres. In 1997, he was selected to brief the Secretary of State, select members of Congress, and Chairman-Joint Chiefs of Staff on classified Special Operations combat missions.

More recently, Andrew has worked in the financial services industry at investment banks Merrill Lynch/Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and most recently as a Managing Regional Director at Natixis Investment Managers, a global asset management firm. He finds time for a variety of charitable efforts including serving on the board of Special Operations Support Foundation and supports Warrior National Foundation, Navy SEAL Foundation, The Honor Foundation, and Tunnel to Towers which helps families of first responders.

One of his great passions is baseball and he volunteers his time as a coach, mentor, and board member helping to fundraise for Dana Point Youth Baseball - the county’s largest children’s nonprofit sports league. A dedicated husband and father, Buchanan is an avid golfer, enjoys weight training, skiing, and engaging in competitive athletic events. dpyb.org

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TREVOR BAIRD In 1984, Trevor Baird’s family moved to the new community of Laguna Niguel, a city he still calls home. Husband and father to two young boys, he’s the namesake of the popular San Juan Capistrano eatery, Trevor’s at the Tracks.

With the motto, “Locally Acquired/Globally Inspired,” Trevor’s opened in early 2017 in a building with a rich history. Built in 1894 as a train depot, it’s one of the first examples of Mission Revival architecture with deep arcades, a corner domed tower, and a red Spanish roof. Trevor was in hospitality for over two decades and managed the former Sarducci’s Restaurant Depot before renovating the space with tremendous family support while paying great homage to its history.

Trevor’s features a front garden, a small Trackside Café, a large outdoor patio bar, and unique spaces for special events. He recalls some rough times during the pandemic but feels fortunate to have weathered the storm that in fact created opportunities for smarter operations.

An avid surfer, Trevor’s is environmentally conscious and certified “Ocean-Friendly” by the Surfrider Foundation. As for the cuisine, “We aspire to be an all-scratch kitchen and use local ingredients whenever possible. We don’t do these things because they are trendy - we do them because it’s the right thing to do.” trevorsatthetracks.com

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT (CONTINUED)

CECIL SPEARMAN Cecil Spearman is a Duke graduate where he played varsity tennis and was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He served in the Marines after Duke and was an FMF Artillery Officer. He later worked at a resort hotel on the Mississippi gulf coast as a head tennis pro and assistant manager. In 1956, Cecil became friends with Elvis, on his rise to becoming the King!

Cecil met his wife Jean in 1960 and they have been married 60 years. He has three outstanding sons, nine amazing grandkids, two step-grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

He started his business career in sales and rose to vice president in 10 years. He and his boss started his first racquet club in 1971. After becoming president of a struggling public company in California, he successfully turned the business around; and profits from stock options allowed Cecil to acquire Laguna Niguel Racquet Club in 1983. He bought and sold many clubs since then, and now owns and operates three very successful clubs in Orange County: the Laguna Niguel Racquet Club, the Tennis Club at Monarch Beach, and the Racquet Club of Irvine. As you might expect, Cecil has never regretted leaving his career in Corporate America! spearmanclubs.com

RISCHI PAUL SHARMA Laguna Niguel resident, and City Council Member, Rischi Paul Sharma, is an active member of our community. As a Certified Financial PlannerTM and a Chartered Retirement Plans SpecialistTM, he has a forward-thinking mindset. Rischi moved to California in 1996 from a small farming town in Indiana where he spent nearly two decades working on the family farm. Now happily married—and the proud father of four children—Rischi is a highly visible part of our community. He is owner and CEO of Assembly Pointe Financial and enjoys the work-hard, play-hard, lifestyle. In addition to serving on the City Council, Rischi is co-chair of the City’s Investment, Banking, and Audit Committee, as well as the Military Support Committee. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Elks, Rotary, and Lions Clubs. “I would not be who I am but for my family and those who have trusted me along the way,” says Rischi. “Now it’s my turn to give back.” assemblypointe.com 28

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