Swinging into Dad’s day

FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Golf lovers will be in on cloud nine with a special Father’s Day package at Pelican Hill Golf Club, 22800 Pelican Hill Road South, Newport Coast, which includes a choice of 18-hole courses, a three-course lunch or dinner at Pelican Grill, an engraved bag tag, a golf shop coupon and a cigar for $250.

For more information, call (949) 467-6800.

WORLDLY CUISINE

Sapphire Laguna, 1200 S. Coast Hwy., has prepared a special Father’s Day menu, which will be served from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

At $48 per person, patrons receive an appetizer of Thai marinated jumbo shrimp with chilled sesame noodles, cucumber, mango and chili-lime vinaigrette.

Main course options include eggs benedict with Canadian bacon or house-smoked salmon; beef tenderloin BLT; roast lingcod with herb bruschetta and tempura asparagus; Charmoula lamb burger; or chicken and artichoke fricassee.

Dessert choices are Napoleon ice cream pie, bananas Foster or brown butter hazelnut torte.

For more information, call (949) 715-9888.

RECLINE AND CONQUER

The Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa, 3050 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, is bringing back its popular King for a Few Hours lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

At the event, dads will be seated in recliners and armed with remote controls, while they help themselves to baby back ribs, buckets of beer and ice cream.

A putting green, cigar area and big screen TVs will also be strategically placed throughout the dining area.

The cost is $38 for adults and $11.95 for kids ages 3 to 12.

Call (714) 438-4927 for reservations.

MUSICAL MADNESS

Dads who list “Happy Gilmore” or “Billy Madison” on their all-time-favorite movie list — who have kids more in love with “High School Musical” — will take a deep sigh of relief to attend “The Wedding Singer,” the musical version of the Adam Sandler film of the same name.

Showing at the Orange County Performing Artscenter at 8 tonight, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, the musical features No Square Theatre founder Bree Burgess Rosen, along with high school-age kids from the area’s best arts schools and conservatories.

Tickets are $15 to $35; for more information, call (714) 556-ARTS, or visit ocpac.org.

BACK TO BASICS

Laguna Culinary Arts, 845 Laguna Canyon Road, will offer a Ribs & Rib Eye Roast for Dad class at 10 a.m. Sunday, presented by Chef Octavio.

Two people will learn to prepare German potato salad, baby back ribs with Jack Daniels barbecue sauce, rib-eye rib roast with barbecue spice rub, grilled vegetables and a grilled fruit and mascarpone tart, while enjoying imported beer.

The price for two is $200.

For more information, call (949) 494-4006 or visit lagunaculinaryarts.com.

HOG WILD

For those seeking a more active experience, this year’s El Moro Poker Ride at Crystal Cove State Park will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Demo bikes will be available from local bike shops; the group will hold a kids bike safety clinic and backcountry ride, while adults are treated to Fat Tire ale and hot dogs.

On the annual ride, participants draw a playing card at each of at least five checkpoint, and the best and worst hands win prizes.

For more information, call (949) 494-3539 or visit sharemtb.com.

GRILL ‘EM

Cristin Fuzano will teach how to make her well-known barbecued pizza on the grill at 9 a.m. Saturday at Roger’s Gardens, 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Newport Beach.

Afterward, Diane Morgan will sign cookbooks and perform a grilling demo at 1 p.m.

For more information, call (949) 640-5800.

TIME WARP AGAIN

For dads seeking a return to the “good ol’ days,” the Balboa Theater will host a Time Warp Party at the Balboa Pavilion, 400 Main St., from 7 to 11 tonight as a benefit to raise funds for the theater’s renovation.

Tickets are $150 in advance or $500 at the door. The original Balboa cast will attend.

For more information, call (949) 673-0895.

LIVING LARGE

For the ultimate gift, there’s no matching the Montage Resort & Spa’s Epicurean Adventure.

$25,000 will get you three nights in an oceanfront suite; a private wine tasting with a winemaker and the resort’s own wine director; a private yacht tour to Catalina Island, with lunch and wine tastings; a private flight to Napa Valley for a winery tour and luncheon; and a multi-course farewell dinner at Studio Restaurant.

CANDICE BAKER can be reached at (949) 494-5480 or at [email protected].