Father’s Day gifts: It happens every year – dad gets a lot of gifts for his “day,’’ and keeps the golf-related ones while returning the indistinguishable ties and socks to the mall. Either that, or he keeps the ties and socks so nobody feels bad.

Well, here’s your can’t-miss solution for this year’s upcoming holiday, a list of potential Father’s Day gifts that are guaranteed “keepers’’ from head to toe.

Sunglasses: When it comes to shades, our first is the super-sleek Maui Jim Paradise frames ($269), which features Polarized Plus2 technology that picks up colors as well as subtle surfaces. Made of lightweight titanium-aluminum-vanadium mix, these beauties can be viewed at www.mauijim.com. The runner-up in this category is the Oakley Half Jacket XLJ, which features interchangeable lenses at about half the price ($105). OK, so one of the lens changes is pink, most dads these days will just say “bring ’em on.’’ Go to www.oakley.com.

Golf shirts: When it comes to cool and keeping cool, there are no shirts on the market that can rival the Clima-Cool from adiddas, which can be viewed at www.tmag.com. Made of durable lightweight Coolmax fabric, the shirt not only ventilates in the critical heat zones, it provides UV protection. And it’s incredibly comfortable and moderately priced ($60). Also worth a look is the new stuff from Dunning Golf, which has been hot on the PGA Tour. Price-wise, it runs the gamut ($50-$190), and can be seen at www.dunningolf.com.

Golf shoes: Manufactured by Denmark’s leading shoe manufacturer, walking one hole will tell Big Daddy all he needs to know about golf shoes from ECCO. All the PGA Tour players wear them because ECCO is simply the best, even if they are expensive ($140-$400). But, hey, isn’t dad worth it? To preview ECCO, visit www.eccousa.com. Looking for something a little more in your price range but still focused on quality. The new soft spikes from addidas are priced right ($100-$200) and almost as good. Check ’em out at www.tmag.com.

NOTEWORTHY

Farr teams announced: The 15 th annual Heather Farr Trophy Matches will be held June 13-14 at Garyhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale. Competing on the professional side will be Peggy Briggs, Susie Corona, Karen Davis, Terese Dynjan, Peggy Gustafson, Kathy Knadler, Denise Martinez, Caroline McMillen, Carolyn McMullen and Lynn McNee. The amateur team will be made up of Jocelyn Borden, Barbara Byrnes, Missy Farr-Kaye, Alison Hurley, Amy Kamin, Daffodil Sanchez, Teri Schlang, Tui Selvaratnam, Marisa Smith and Brooke Todare.

Heading east: Nine members of the Southwest Section of the PGA have qualified for the National CPC Championship, which takes place June 22-25 at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, N.Y. They include Jon Chafee, Chris Endres, Scott Frisch, Mike Russell, Jon Stanley, Jay Synkelma, Paul Trittler, Don Yrene and Micky Yokoi, the assistant men’s golf coach at Arizona State.

Impressive start: Arizona State freshman Benjamin Alvarado of Chile, who tied for 20 th in the recent NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, finished his season with the fifth-best scoring average for a first-year player in Sun Devil history. Alvarado averaged 72.50 strokes per round to trail former ASU standouts Alejandro Canizares (71.65), Todd Demsey (72.14), Phil Mickelson (72.14) and Paul Casey (72.30). Coming in sixth on the list was another former ASU star, Jeff Quinney (72.57).

Open to the public: The First Tee of Phoenix has opened its par-3 facility to the general public – not just kids -- for the first time. For $5, any one can play the nine-hole course provided it is not being used for a First Tee instructional program. A special $1 green fee will be available to those children who are enrolled in the First Tee of Phoenix program. For information, visit www.thefirstteeofphoenix.org, or call (602) 305-7655.