Being the hot spot for professionals Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, and Peter Thompson, and armatures Stork, Charlie the Blade, Three-Iron Ward, just to name a few, Normandy Shores Golf Club is where they golfed on a regular basis.

With 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.

Spending over $9 million in 2008, the city of Miami Beach hired the world renowned golf course architect Arthur Hill to renovate and re-design the now spectacular Spending over $9 million to renovate the now spectacular Normandy Shores Golf Club.

In 2011 the Inaugural South Beach International Amateur was played the week before Christmas at Normandy Shores and Miami Beach Golf Clubs, becoming the highest ranked inaugural amateur tournament since rankings were introduced. Unites States Amateur Champion and Current PGA TOUR player Kelly Kraft wins the 72 hole event with a 4 under total.

Move forward to 2020 and the South Beach International Amateur has been the 5th to 8th ranked field in the world for five straight years just behind the United States Amateur, British Amateur, Western Amateur and NCAA Division 1 Championship. Yearly the SBIA has one of the best and largest international fields in the world with 30 or more countries represented.