Our Mission Statement
Our
Mission:
To preserve the historic treasure known as Normandie Golf Course for residents
of Bel-Nor and Greendale, for the citizens of the St. Louis metropolitan
area, and for the citizens of the State of Missouri, for this generation,
and for the generations of the future.
Normandie
Golf Course as an Aesthetic Charm:
A trip down Normandy Drive exposes the traveler to a wide expansive green space,
with deep valleys funneling into natural creeks and lakes, and deep green rolling
hills cascading through hundreds of trees as far as the eye can see. This captivating
view is what is experienced daily by thousands of motorists passing the historic
treasure we know as Normandie Golf Course.
The
Golf Course:
Normandie Golf Course is a first rate golf course that has hosted several tournaments
including the Missouri State Amateur Tournament. Long Par 5’s, difficult
Par 3’s including one of the longest in the area, and a lake hole that
dares the golfer to go for it on the second shot, are always a challenge to
the thousands of golfers who have enjoyed a day on this historic course. And
while many of the newer modern golf courses have terrains requiring a golf
cart to navigate, Normandie Golf course was designed for, and can still be
negotiated by, the “walking” golfer.
Historical
Highlights:
Golfers have been enjoying Normandie Golf Course day in and day out since the
very early 1900’s. Such notables as W.C. Fields, Bob Hope, and the St.
Louis Gas House Gang, have all graced the hills of Normandie Golf Course.
Normandie
Golf Course is an Asset to the Community:
Normandie Golf Course is a public course that can be enjoyed by everyone in
the community. But more importantly, Normandie Golf Course is an aesthetic
treasure, which draws people to want to live and remain in the area.
Normandie
Golf Course is an Asset to the Metropolitan Area:
Normandie Golf Course, with its rolling hills and trees as old as the 100-year
old course itself, is one of the few large green space areas we have left in
the St. Louis Metropolitan area. And this historic first-rate course, open
to the public, can be used as a drawing card for those wishing to visit the
St. Louis area or attend one of the universities in the area.
Vision:
For an ownership group to be established that would preserve the
historic treasure under its control. To renew the partnership
between the village of Bel-Nor
and the surrounding neighborhood so as to make the area an
attractive place to live in and to visit. To be a witness to
improvements of facilities
at the course as well as improvements of marketing efforts,
so as to increase interest in visiting the little known treasure
taken for granted for so
many years, known to us all as Normandie Golf Course.
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