Golf News for Friday, May 30, 2008 | Courses

Pelican Hill Golf Club prepares a special Father's Day package

NEWPORT COAST, Calif. --­ Pelican Hill Golf
Club knows what dad wants for Father's Day: to play a fantastic golf
course, catch the final round of the U.S. Open, choose something
special from a top-notch golf shop, enjoy an exceptional meal and
smoke a fine cigar.

Pelican Hill Golf Club is teeing up the perfect Father's
Day on Sunday, June 15, with a special package that includes: dad's
choice of Tom Fazio masterpieces, 18-hole Ocean North Course or
18-hole Ocean South Course; a three-course lunch or dinner at Pelican
Grill; an engraved bag tag; a $25 coupon good for purchases totaling
$75 or more in the golf shop; plus a cigar. The price is only $250,
which is an exceptional value (guest fees at Pelican Hill are $235).

The golf includes the use of a golf cart, Laser Link Range
Finder and warm up with Nike Platinum practice balls. For lunch or
dinner at Pelican Grill, fathers order from a special Father's Day
Menu and may choose to dine indoors or outdoors on the comfortable,
heated terrace with spectacular coastal and ocean panoramas. To book
the Father's Day Package, please call 949-467-6800.

Father's Day at Pelican Hill Golf Club comes with an
additional bonus: the final round of the U.S. Open will fall on
Father's Day and, after a fantastic round of golf, there will be no
better place to watch all of the excitement unfold ­ on two panels of
plasma TVs with nine screens each ­ with a host of other dads while
enjoying a delicious meal than at Pelican Hill. It doesn't get any
better than this on Father's Day.

The Father's Day Menu offers a choice of salads for the first course:
Warm Spinach Salad with bacon vinaigrette, feta cheese, candied
walnuts, shaved red onion and roasted beets; Prawn Cocktail with
tomato horseradish sauce; or White Asparagus and Heirloom Tomato
Salad with Argan oil and aged balsamic. The three entrée selections
are: 14oz "Montana Legend" Rib Eye with mashed potatoes, sautéed
asparagus and sage demi reduction; Pan-Seared Alaskan Halibut with
basmati rice pilaf, glazed peas and carrots and mandarin mustard
sauce; or Roasted "Organic Free Range" Chicken Breast with mushroom
risotto and sun dried tomato and basil buerre blanc. Dessert choices
are German Chocolate Cake with coconut gelato or Berry Cobbler with
vanilla gelato. The generous and balanced wine list features mostly
California selections and more than 30 wines by the glass. Pelican
Grill is known for its specialty cocktails such as the Pelican
Cosmopolitan (Rain 'Organic' Vodka, Pama Liqueur, Cointreau, cranberry
juice, lime) and Raspberry Mojito (Bacardi Raspberry Rum, Raspberries,
Lime Juice, Fresh Mint Leaves). Alcoholic beverages are not included.

With a strategic perch overlooking the courses and the
Pacific Ocean, the 44,000-square-foot clubhouse is among the most
dramatic at any golf course. The ultra-luxurious structure features
separate men's and women's locker rooms and lounges with a full array
of appointments and amenities; Pelican Grill restaurant and bar; Caffé
II espresso bar; and a golf shop offering the latest golf fashions and
accessories. From the clubhouse, golfers reach the first tees by
driving their golf carts over the stunning and iconic entrance to the
resort: a classically designed bridge that appears as if it could span
the Arno River in Florence.

Pelican Grill offers an unmatched dining experience in
Southern California: stunning views; a delectable menu that echoes the
culinary abundance and diversity of the California lifestyle by
focusing on fresh local ingredients prepared with passion and
simplicity, allowing natural flavors to take the stage; a warmly
elegant design with high ceilings and large, arched windows; an
expansive terrace with year-round al fresco dining; a dramatic display
kitchen; a distinctive bar with two nine-screen panels of plasma TVs;
a private dining room seating up to 40, and gracious, personalized
service.

Pelican Hill Golf Club and Pelican Grill were the first components to
open of The Resort at Pelican Hill, a masterpiece in the making that
blends the principles of Italy's most renowned architect, Andrea
Palladio, with California comfort and style. All of the other
components of The Resort at Pelican Hill ­ 204 bungalows, 128 villas,
20,000 square feet of function space for every type of event,
luxurious spa with 22 treatment rooms, wedding chapel, world-class
restaurants and "Coliseum" pool ­ will open in fall 2008.

Pelican Hill Golf Club is located at 22800 Pelican Hill
Road South, in Newport Coast. For more information on the club,
Pelican Grill and The Resort at Pelican Hill, log on to
www.pelicanhill.com.

Contact: Edward Placidi/Marian Gerlich
P&G Communications
818-786-8687, pgworld@aol.com



 
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