Normandy Isles
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Normandy Shores Golf Club is located on the northern end of Miami Beach in Miami-Dade County. In 1923, two mangrove-covered islands in Biscayne Bay were being developed by Henri Levy and his associates. Workers spent two years dredging and filling South Island. In honor of Levy's French heritage, it was renamed Normandy Isle and the streets were named after French towns and provinces. North Island, which would be named Normandy Shores, remained partially developed until the late 1930s, when the City of Miami Beach purchased the northern portion to create a golf course.
William S. Flynn of the golf course architectural firm of Howard Toomy and William S. Flynn, met with Miami Beach officials in 1938 about the development of the new municipal course being built on North Normandy Isle. Flynn planned to make this new course one of the sportiest municipal layouts in the country. Construction of the golf course took longer than expected because of the difficulties encountered growing grass on the spoil that had been pumped off the bottom of Biscayne Bay. The golf course officially opened in 1941. Maryland visitor, Edgar Reed, had the honor of being the first player, shooting a 97.
The golf course underwent changes in the 1950s made by Mark Manahan. In 2008, the City of Miami Beach hired golf course architect Arthur Hills to redesign the aging course and bring it back to its current state of glory.
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Normandy Isles
Normandy Shores Golf Club is located on the northern end of Miami Beach in Miami-Dade County. In 1923, two mangrove-covered islands in Biscayne Bay were being developed by Henri Levy and his associates. Workers spent two years dredging and filling South Island. In honor of Levy's French heritage, it was renamed Normandy Isle and the streets were named after French towns and provinces. North Island, which would be named Normandy Shores, remained partially developed until the late 1930s, when the City of Miami Beach purchased the northern portion to create a golf course.
William S. Flynn of the golf course architectural firm of Howard Toomy and William S. Flynn, met with Miami Beach officials in 1938 about the development of the new municipal course being built on North Normandy Isle. Flynn planned to make this new course one of the sportiest municipal layouts in the country. Construction of the golf course took longer than expected because of the difficulties encountered growing grass on the spoil that had been pumped off the bottom of Biscayne Bay. The golf course officially opened in 1941. Maryland visitor, Edgar Reed, had the honor of being the first player, shooting a 97.
The golf course underwent changes in the 1950s made by Mark Manahan. In 2008, the City of Miami Beach hired golf course architect Arthur Hills to redesign the aging course and bring it back to its current state of glory.