Nothing is too much an overnight success. The greatest things come from simple beginnings and endured years and years of hardship and hard work to become something so glorious. Such was the case of on of Miami Beach’s best kept secret, the Normandy Shores Golf Club. This golf vacation destination has a very long history to its name – a history so rich and colorful – that there is nothing less to expect of it but only an even better and brighter future ahead.
The Normandy Shores Golf Club was a vision and a project that began in 1928. It took a lot of manual work to create the man made Normandy Shores Isle, especially that this was a time before the 
heavy machinery. When the new 18-hole paradise was kicking off so well, the war broke out and the place was then transformed from an elite golf vacation haven into a military barracks. Fast forward a few more years and the original layout has been replaced with a Mark Mahannah handiwork, and then just lately, the renowned Arthur Hills laid his hands on the course for its most recent renovation. And the result was one golf course that brings affront the glory and beauty that has had all these decades.
Today, the Normandy Shores Golf Club is the pristine golf trip paradise with the Biscayne Bay for backdrop. The greens are fast and well protected, the fairways are rolling and heavily bunkered, and water comes into play on all but 6 holes. It stretches to a good 6,800 yards from the tips, par 72 with three sets of tees to choose from.
Something so good could never get old. It ages, but will never be too old to be fun. That is the best way to describe and pay respect to one of Miami’s most beloved courses, the 
game despite the fact that the course is only a little more than 6,900 yards from the back tees. What begins as a rather open layout finishes off with tighter, tree-lined fairways on the 11th onwards. There is a reason to think that the first ten holes are a beginner’s preparation for the tougher test ahead. The holes start easy until they get guarded a little heavily, both with sand and water as well as trees. These natural elements make for the biggest and most beautiful features of the 
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movie stars to dignitaries to athletes of different sports, this golf course has been able to attract them all with its undeniable charm and even more obvious excellence. The entertainment quality never gets old that 
overhaul by Floyd in 2007, some 30 plus years since it first opened as a RTJ creation. From a relatively flat course following the natural contours of the Florida terrain, this new face of the golf course carries a more sophisticated and more exciting course with mounds and elevation changes. Moreover, Floyd added more water elements to the holes making it more exciting and extremely beautiful. And with the stunningly gorgeous Lake Julius as its centerpiece, golfers are assured of 
With all the buzz it gets every year thanks to the PGA Tour at the Blue Monster, that is not surprising. But these golf lovers know very well that the Doral is not all about the Blue Monster. There are four other championship courses on this 
Pate laid hands on this course and just recently, the then Silver Course got its share of Jim McLean’s genius. The course went from one design to another, delicately playing with Florida’s natural environment in the process. Today, the signature course is known for its sixteen water holes and signature series of par 3s, the Bermuda Triangle from the 13th to the 15th holes. Oh, that and what the golf world’s dubbed as “the toughest opening three holes”. A promise like that does get 
The original Robert Von Hagge creation has been recreated by Raymond Floyd, making the once excellent golf course the best it has ever been. The 
played first in the mid 60’s that he subsequently bought some ten years later. Whatever it was that he saw in the course at that first round, it must have been good enough to make him want to own it. Today, this course bears the signature of the legend himself both as the designer and the owner. With this golf course’s too personal a relationship with Palmer, golfers and visitors will have a peek and feel of how the legendary golfer wants his 
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improving the greens and the landscaping, the surrounding areas, and the practice range. And from there, Orlando has never been a happier or more exciting place for golf outings. The Ward Northrup design measures over 6,500 yards from the longest tees, par 72, with some of the most exciting roundup of Florida’s staple golf features. The course features 13 holes on water and 63 beautifully shaped, large bunkers that makes any 
known for its very distinct but equally beautiful set of nines. The front nine, The Links, is just exactly as it is named, bearing semblance to Scottish links courses – open, windy, with features of well contoured greens and very dynamic approach shots. The back nine is the opposite with tree lined and winding fairways and thick forests of pines. Thus the name “The Pines”. Whilst golfers are forced to battle the wind and contours of the greens in the front, at the back, the golfers would have to make the most of the little room between the trees to make their shots. But the merits of the 
worth in the craft for their works in the Central Florida area alone. For those in the know of what sort of reputation – mostly local golfers and those who frequent the area for 
made for a wide variety of handicaps that it is a fair challenge for the lesser skilled players, and is a real challenge for the really skilled ones. This 
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