Pacific Gales, one of the most anticipated golf projects in America, cleared a key hurdle Feb. 27 when the Curry County Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the developers’ request for a conditional use permit.
The 18-hole links golf course in Southern Oregon — designed to be built on a portion of the privately owned Knapp Ranch located between iconic Cape Blanco and the small fishing village of Port Orford, less than 30 miles south of the town of Bandon — has received widespread media attention since plans were first unveiled in November 2013. Golf Digest declared the project “A New Course to Keep An Eye On” while a Golfweek journalist reported being “blown away … by an inspection of the ground at Pacific Gales.”