Special
remarks:
Normandy Shores Golf Course
has been one of Miami Beach's best-kept secrets.
The view of beautiful Biscayne Bay and its soothing bay breezes
and tropical wild life, is the recipe for an enjoyable round of golf for novice or
pro.
The
multi-million dollar golf course renovations have been
completed and the course is open for play 12/23 &
12/24 for residents only. Non-resident s may now book
their tee times in advance through Florida Tee-Times Inc.
Tee times are now available for Christmas day and beyond.
(See rates below)
Three years after closing for major renovations,
Normandy Shores Golf Course announced its grand reopening
for Monday 12/22/08.
The Miami Beach golf course just completed an $8.5
million renovation that incorporated re-grassing the entire
acreage with saltwater-adaptable paspalum grass. They have
also enlarged the greens and gave them more undulation.
''The response has been overwhelming, said '' Normandy
Shores general manager Steve Farrell.
``Everyone is finding it to be a true test of golf.
Although the course is relatively short , it certainly
doesn't play easy.'
The course is offering South Florida golfers a special
$75.00 rate through Jan. 16. Miami Beach residents get the
special for $50.00 The non resident rate is listed below.
The History of Normandy Shores Golf Course
The land for the golf course was donated to the
City of Miami Beach by M. C. Gryzmish on January 4, 1928,
a year later the City of Miami Beach took position of the
land.
From that point on the City of Miami Beach worked hard
to dredge and haul in fill to create the man made island
for the golf course. On July 28, 1937 Howard Toomy and
William S. Flynn were employed as the golf course
architects. By 1939 the dredging efforts of the City of
Miami Beach had created Normandy Shores Isle.
It was at this time that the first plans for the golf
course were drawn up. It only took a couple of years for
the golf course and new clubhouse to be completed and with
great pride the City of Miami Beach held the dedication
ceremony on December 18, 1941.
Most of Miami Beach was transformed into a training camp
for the U.S. Army –Air Forces during World War II with
85% of the hotel rooms leased by the military to serve as
barracks. But the years of the Postwar Boom were
Normandy Shores Golf Club’s heyday. Around 1956 the City
of Miami Beach hired Mark Manahah to redesign the golf
course.
Once the renovation was complete Normandy Shores became
a hot spot for both the famous and infamous. The famous:
Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, and Peter Thompson were just few
of now legendary professional golfers that played Normandy
Shores Golf Club on a regular basis.
Over the last 50 years the golf course has been maintained
by the City of Miami Beach and because of the easy access
of the 79th street causeway, Normandy Shores Golf Course
became the perfect spot for Miami Beach, Miami, North
Miami and Miami Shores golfers to enjoy a round.
Fast forward to 2008, the City of Miami Beach has spent
over $8 million to renovate the new Normandy Shores
Golf Club. The City hired world renowned golf course
architect Arthur Hills to redesign the course.
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