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.
the early 1920s. It has gone from being part of a massive 
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 
Whilst many 
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 
at the Doral Resort. While the Blue Monster is the most well-known of the five for the PGA Tour stint, the Great White is not on the least list either. It is actually known for being the most beautiful and most unique being the only one that uses coquina shells for bunkers on every hole. The course was already known for being tough on the toughies and a fun experience for the high-handicaps. This feature was retained, and the rest made even better. Today, this 
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 
Dick Wilson design did not fit the requirements? The most apparent and famous feature of the course are the 8 mini-lakes that are sprinkled all over the course to make for really, really daunting water hazards. These water features are also credited for the course’s first name, ‘Blue’; the rest of the courses gave the second. The ‘rest’ of the course includes strategically placed bunkers and undulating fairways that make the course a truly challenging one – the kind that challenges even the best of the sport. How is that for a 
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 
Renovations are meant to improve what is already there. But how does one improve something that has since been known as excellent? How does an artist create a new level of ‘excellent’ to top that which is already loved for so long? This has been the burden that golf course architect Mike Dasher had to face when he recreated 
memorable, and most exciting 
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