b'GOLF WASHINGTONEvergreen Golf Clubs Dream Team Expands to TacomaJohn Meikle, manager of by Tom Cade, EditorEvergreens Redmond facility, is now at work building out T he ownership group behind thethe Tacoma facility.Evergreen Golf Club indoor facility in Redmond, Wash. will soon be opening their second facility, this one in Fircrest, adjacentThe two had met in April of 2021. We took some time to Tacoma.getting to know each other before diving into business When you walk into the building, youll understand howtogether, Bodine says. What struck me right away about big it is, Bodine says. The Tacoma facility will be two and aJermaine is when he told me he loved football, but hell never half times bigger than Evergreens facility in Redmond, withlove football like he loves golf.30-foot-high ceilings accentuating its vastness. Tacoma will haveThe two have seen some great professional successes in 14 Trackman simulators, while Redmond has eight. The largetheir lives, but both are still motivated to create these facilities central bunker will be dug into the floor, and will be surroundedfor the regions golf community. by an 8,000-square foot chipping and putting green.Jermaine had a great career in football, and could just kick The facility is expected to open in late September.back and cruise the rest of the way, Bodine says. But he loves Bodine is the caddie for Bryson DeChambeau, a LIV Golfgolf, and wants to keep going with it.player on a tear in this years majors. Recent accomplishmentsBodines motivation is simple. Golf is a little fickle. I wanted include winning the 2024 U.S. Open, finishing second atto have a place where I enjoyed showing up every day for work. the PGA Championship, and tying for sixth at the Masters.This anchors me.Bodine and former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver JermaineIn a sense, whats happening at their soon-to-open Tacoma Kearse partnered to open Evergreen Golf Club in Redmond infacility is the re-connecting of several talented South Sound December 2022. natives, who grew up playing golf and other sports together, 6 GOLF WASHINGTON|SEPT 2024'