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LOCAL ATHELETE GOOD FOOD

GIFTS NEW YEARS EVE
PRIME RIB

FOR For the past six years, our family has had the

tradition of cooking a prime rib every new year’s eve
YOUR and roasted vegetables. This prime rib is so juicy and
and serving it with some variation of fancy potatoes

GOLFER a mainstay on the menu each year. Loosely based
full of flavor that it’s easy to see why it’s become
and adjusted from a recipe on tasty.com, this is the
perfect holiday dish—and not to mention, very easy!
BY MIKE DOVE, CORRAL DE TIERRA
BY LAUREN LOIACONO, TORO PARK
Are you or someone you know passionate about
athletics and sports? Share that story! Contact
laurie.Martin@n2co.Com or phone 272-4620. INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS 5. Turn off the heat and let the enjoy. Happy New Year to
• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened 1. Preheat the oven to 485°F. rib roast sit in the oven for 2 you all!
to room temperature 2. Mix together the butter, hours, making sure you do not
• 6 cloves garlic, minced garlic, herbs, salt, and open the oven door at all! Lauren is our Toro Park
• 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, pepper in a medium bowl 6. Once the 2 hours are resident foodie. She loves
or the last several years, in December, I have person or online and get some pretty good Kirkland golf balls finely chopped until combined. up, remove the roast from to cook for her family and
Fdone “Gifts for your Runner” articles. This year, for only $35 for two dozen. • 1 tbsp fresh thyme, 3. Rub the herb butter all the pan and pour the pan friends, using only “good
for a switch, I’m doing “Gifts for your Golfer.” Golf is 4. If you are into football team logos, you can go to nflshop. finely chopped over the rib roast, then place drippings into a saucepan food” as her ingredients. She
considerably more expensive than running, but with a bit com and get a package set of a golf towel, three golf balls, • 1 tbsp fresh parsley, it on a nonstick roasting tray over medium heat. hopes you enjoy preparing
of imagination and my advice, you can purchase some great and some golf tees, all with your golfer’s favorite team logo finely chopped with a rack. (Nonstick is 7. Add the flour, whisking until her favorite recipes.
gifts for the golfer in your life at reasonable prices. and colors, for as low as $25. • 1 tbsp fresh chives, somewhat important here; there are no lumps, then add
The choices were limited when I earned money by 5. Golf gloves are as necessary as golf balls. You can pay finely chopped I have found that as the the beef stock, stirring and
mowing lawns to buy my first set of golf clubs in 1963. up to $35 for one glove from a top-rated manufacturer like • 2 tablespoons salt butter melts into the pan, bringing the sauce to a boil.
I paid $135 for AN ENTIRE SET of new MacGregor MT Titleist, Foot Joy, and Callaway, or you can again order from • 1 tablespoon pepper a lot of smoke is created 8. Remove from heat and
clubs, including the bag. Now, if you want a Callaway Costco and get four pretty good quality gloves for only $38. • 8 lb. boneless ribeye unless nonstick is used.) strain the sauce into a
Paradym AI Smoke Max driver, it will set you back $600. Make sure you get the right size and correct hand. For most roast, trimmed and tied 4. Bake for 5 minutes per gravy dish.
If you want it with a Fujikura Zero Speeder Graphite shaft, men, it’s medium large, and the glove is for the left hand of • 2 tablespoons flour pound of meat, 40 minutes for 9. Serve roast with hot gravy
you would pay another $600. JUST FOR THE DRIVER. If a right-handed golfer. For women, it’s small, and the same • 2 cups beef stock an 8-pound roast. and your favorite sides, and
you want a Titleist Scotty Cameron Phantom X5 putter, you advice applies to the hand.
can pay $449. JUST FOR THE PUTTER. My first advice 6. Distance measuring devices are quite a great gift. My
is, “Don’t do that!” Don’t buy clubs for your golfer. As an suggestion is the wristwatch-looking Garmin Approach S12.
aside, who are the marketing gurus who make up these It has great reviews and is about $200.
names for golf clubs? 7. A nice surprise might be a gift certificate from your local Putting personal
golf course or Golfmart in Seaside. If your golfer needs
1. What you might want to buy is a reasonably priced shoes, I recommend Sqairz Speed Mesh shoes, comfortable back in finance.
professional club fitting from club maker PXG for a very right out of the box, good-looking, and you can usually find
inexpensive $25 if you find it on sale. I’ve done it. It’s worth these $200 shoes on sale for $129.
it. And they will refund the $25 if your golfer buys clubs. Integris has been your trusted ally for over 25 years.
2. A bit self-serving, but there aren’t many golf mystery, Have a great and healthy holiday season. Merry Christmas.
thriller, romance, fun novels around. I have written five of Happy Chanukah. Good golfing and good running. We are in your backyard! Let’s get to know each other.
them. They are available on Amazon and are all inspired
and named after local golf courses: Paradox at Pebble Beach. Mike Dove is our resident running expert.
Confusion at Cypress Point. Suspicion at Spyglass Hill, Having run for years, Mike is an integral 435 Washington Street Ste. A
Surprise at Spanish Bay, and Hopeful at the Hay. component in many runner’s groups and
3. Golf balls as a gift are pretty routine, but your golfer has participated on several running event Monterey, CA 93940
needs them, and they are fairly expensive these days. committees. He has completed numerous (831) 333-1717
You can be imaginative and go to golfballs.com and have marathons, including our own Big Sur
whatever logo or saying you want imprinted on each ball. International Marathon. Mike lives in Corral
Be clever. A dozen balls are about $65 for Titleist Pro V1s, de Tierra with his wife. www.integriswealth.com
and the imprint is usually free. You can also go to Costco in
Allison Barrientos, CFP®, CPA Mike Leavy, CFA Kevin Mahoney, CFP®, CIMA

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