One of Newport Beach’s cheapest golf courses is about to get cut in half after city council members unanimously approved a new surf park on the site that’s set to stretch over 15 acres with a new surf lagoon, a spa, and a three story clubhouse featuring a restaurant and bar.
That means the privately operated Newport Beach Golf Course will lose three of its 18 holes, a putting green, pro shop, restaurant and driving range, with the remaining 15 holes split on opposite sides of the new surf park that sits just under the flight path of John Wayne Airport.
City council members all endorsed the plan, saying that they didn’t want to interfere with a private business looking to open up a world-class facility in Newport beach and promising the new golf course would remain in some form…