 City
of Miami Beach Golf Club.
Originally opened as Bayshore GolfCourse in
1923 as contemplated by pioneering developer Carl Fisher’s
ambitious AltonBeach subdivision that was designed to
lure wealthy winter residents from New York, Indianapolis
and Detroit, the City of Miami Beach Golf Club
is a historic golfing facility in South Florida.
By 1923, Fisher and his colleagues
had opened three big courses that later became the City
of Miami Beach Golf Club. Tourists loved the new courses.
In World War II, the U.S. Army rented the course for
$1 a year as a training ground, and helmeted, rifle-toting
soldiers ran through the course’s palm trees amid
the smoke from smoke grenades.
In 1944, Chicago investors moved to
buy the course, planning to build 650 upscale homes
there; disapproving neighbors persuaded the civil authorities to
condemn and buy the land and keep the historic course.
In 1954, the ornate, Mediterranean
clubhouse that Fisher had built on the course was replaced
by a new one.
Forty-Eight years later
the remodeling task has gone a few steps further than
new furniture and a fresh paint coat. At age 79,
the signature Bayshore Course received a $10
million face-lift.
The face-lift was major:
every grass blade and most trees were removed; lakes
drained, redesigned and refilled; irrigation system
replaced, even hills and bunkers bulldozed and resculpted;
the old clubhouse demolished and a new clubhouse currently
under construction.
Arthur Hills
/ Steve Forrest and Associates was hired for the latest
and most extensive transformation. The once tired and
under-utilized Bayshore has now become the elegant and
highly regarded course that it is today.
“The
result is a beautifully restored landmark that will
be enjoyed by South Florida residents and visitors from
around the world for years to come,” said Jorge
Gonzales, MiamiBeach CityManager.
Proper golf attire is required at all times.
Proper attire includes: golf shirts with collar, golf sweater, golf slacks, proper length shorts, soft spike golf shoes or rubber soled shoes. Proper attire does not include: T-shirts, tank tops, meshed shirts, denim jeans, coaches' shorts, swim wear, collarless shirts, sweatpants or medical scrubs. |
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