Club News and Activities

Close your eyes, breathe and imagine our world at peace. All wars have ended, and the nations across our planet coexist. Harmoniously. The air and water are clean and global warming is no longer a threat. Everyone worldwide has a roof over their head and plenty of food. The natural world is thriving and our […]

From Amor Towles, the critically acclaimed author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway, comes Table for Two, a collection of six short stories set in the 2000s in New York City and a novella taking place in 1930s Los Angeles. The six short stories highlight diverse quirks and foibles of human behavior. […]

Welcome players, as we head into the competitive months its time to refine those crucial elements that distinguish the savvy competitor from the simply powerful. Two strokes that can elevate your match strategy— particularly when facing skilled net rushing opponents are the Lob and the Drop shot. These two shots when used thoughtfully, become weapons […]

As golf professionals, we face many challenges making sure that everybody enjoys the time they spend during their round of golf. There are two areas where we can work together and improve everybody’s enjoyment. One being etiquette and the other is pace of play. ETIQUETTE The key to making sure proper etiquette is being followed […]

In November, the GirlFriends welcomed Steffanie Pearce from the Gulfshore Opera who shared her journey from performer to producer with us. Ms. Pearce has over 30 years of experience in the field of opera as a producer, director, performer, teacher and also enjoyed a long international singing career. Singers Julian Alfano and Aaron Santos, accompanied […]

JOIN US! Come Deck the Halls with the Sounds of the Season and the GRANDEZZA SINGERS! Wednesday, December 11th at 5:30 PM in the GCC Foyer Hub Bar My granddaughter recently celebrated her 10th birthday. I congratulated her on reaching such a milestone. After explaining what milestones were and again congratulating her on achieving her […]

As a golf professional, I have been a witness to some complete misunderstandings of the rules of the game and rules for posting scores. Unfortunately, it happens more often than it should. It happens mostly because players misunderstand the rules. More of us would read the rules book if it was interesting. Since it is […]

If you answered yes, then you enjoy winning, setting lots of records, excitement and women’s basketball. What you might now know is we have all of that and more less than two miles north of Grandezza. I’m talking about FGCU Women’s Basketball. Let me begin with ten reasons why all of this is true. 1. […]

Ariel Lawhon’s newest novel, The Frozen River, is an engrossing historical mystery inspired by the life of someone most of us have never heard of—Martha Ballard, a renowned eighteenth-century midwife. The real-life Ballard, who was born in 1735 and died in 1812, delivered over a thousand babies in her career and never lost a mother […]

The GirlFriends returned to our clubhouse for the October luncheon. Guest speaker from Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs, Katie Grimes, encouraged visitors to come explore their botanical gardens, sprawling banyan trees, and rescued animals. She shared with us their Master Plan, that includes an animal care center. It’s a wonderful place to visit with younger […]