Pelican Hill Golf Club announces offering Fourth of July specials

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. --­ Celebrate your independence by freeing up an ideal day of pleasure at Pelican Hill Golf Club, where you'll tee off on one of the "re-perfected" Tom Fazio courses you've been wanting to play while savoring gourmet July 4th fare.

The Pelican Hill Fourth of July Package combines 18 holes on your choice of the Ocean North or Ocean South course, engraved bag tag, yardage guide and two dining choices: either a $20.00 credit towards food and beverage at Pelican Grill, which is serving several Independence Day specials, or a July 4th "to go" outdoor breakfast or lunch to enjoy while golfing. The package is $175 per person. For more information and to make reservations, please call 949-467-6800 or 877-735-4226.

The outdoor breakfast menu offers: Organic Fresh Egg Sandwiches, Neuskes Canadian Bacon, Cheddar Cheese on an English Muffin, served with seasonal melons, coffee and juice. The outdoor lunch selections are: Prime Sirloin Beef Hamburger on a brioche bun, All Beef Kosher Hot Dog, Bruce Aidell Bratwurst Grilled Onions, served with ketchup, mustard, lettuce, tomatoes, pickled relish and assorted chips.

Meanwhile, Pelican Grill will be offering some July 4th specials: an appetizer of Scallops Wrapped in Bacon with rainbow slaw & bean salad, $16.00; entrees of Kansas City Style Pork Baby Back Ribs with sweet white corn on the cobb, $26.00, and Texas Slow-Roasted BBQ Brisket with yukon gold mashed potatoes & green beans, $28.00; and for dessert, Chocolate Freedom with molten chocolate & vanilla ice cream, $10.00.

Pelican Hill Golf Club is a standout among the nation's premier golf clubs. Complementing the 36 holes by Tom Fazio is a stylish, 44,000-square-foot clubhouse featuring dramatic classical architecture, luxurious men's and women's locker rooms and lounges, Pelican Grill restaurant and bar with al fresco dining year-round on the ocean-view terrace, an espresso bar and a golf shop offering the latest fashions and accessories. The all-inclusive, full-service practice facility ­ which is steps away from the golf shop and includes target greens, sand bunkers, approaches, roughs and fairway turf ­ is designed to give players an advance glimpse of the design elements Fazio incorporated into the courses. Tour-event Nike Platinum practice balls are waiting without guests having to ask for them. Once ready to play, golfers depart in a golf cart right from the practice area and reach the first tees by driving their cart over the resort's stunning and iconic entrance: a classically designed bridge that appears as if it could span the Arno River in Florence.

A masterpiece in the making that promises to set a new paradigm for a resort guest experience, The Resort at Pelican Hill is blending the principles of internationally heralded Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio with the welcoming and relaxed style of coastal California. Rising on a serene and beautiful 504-acre site on the coast in Newport Beach, the resort will feature: 128 ultra-upscale villas; 204 luxurious bungalows; a spa with 22 treatment rooms; beautiful wedding venues including a verdant, private wedding lawn; world-class restaurants, among them Andrea with strong Northern Italian and Tuscan influences; and a one-of-a-kind, strikingly unique "Coliseum" pool inspired by Rome's landmark. Pelican Hill Golf Club, which opened in Nov. 2007, was the first component of the resort. All the other components will open late fall 2008.

The Irvine Company Resort Properties owns and manages the finest resort and leisure destinations on the Newport Coast and in the City of Irvine. In addition to The Resort at Pelican Hill, the portfolio includes The Island Hotel Newport Beach, the city's landmark property and only AAA Five Diamond hotel; Hyatt Regency Irvine, the city's only Four Diamond hotel; Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine, featuring a challenging, Tom Fazio-designed public golf course; and several of the finest marinas in Newport Harbor and Northern California.

For more information on the resort and golf club, please log on to www.pelicanhill.com.

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