New year, New home, New life

the marks on your bucket list. At GlenLakes, you will feel like you are living a full time vacation. GlenLakes offers a pool, picnic areas, pickleball courts, Har Tru Tennis Courts, basketball, shuffleboard as well as the 18-hole Championship Golf Course. All behind a 24hour manned gate system.

You’ve done your research… you have narrowed the choices down to a given area of Florida. The next big step is determining what you want to have inside your new community for amenities and the activities that you may want to participate in.

Your choices are vast, so first and foremost looking for a safe neighborhood community should be the obvious choice. A community to live life to its fullest with resort-style amenities, full of activities to expand your comfort zone, and take on new challenges. A neighborhood with a peaceful atmosphere, beautiful lakes, and wide vistas.

Nestled just North of Tampa is GlenLakes Country Club. The community that fits exactly what you have been looking for. The Quiet. Natural Surroundings. The Activities. All connected to a quality concrete block constructed homes… essentially checking all

It’s Time for a visit and start the new chapter. New homes are going up right now ready for you to choose your favorite floorplan and location. Homes range from 2,000-3,000 square feet of air-conditioned space, with loads of luxury features. Visit their website at www.GlenLakes.com or call today 1-800-222-9003.

By Anthony L. Williams, MG, CGCS, CGM

Ahoy, Turf Pirates and welcome back to the peaceful shores of the Galactic Headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Tribe of Turf Pirates. Since we last gathered, I have been on the road gathering with the industries best and brightest at the GCSAA’s Conference and Show in Orlando and other ports near and far. Many points of note occurred, I taught multiple classes, attended a few (OK maybe more than a few) receptions, walked the 5K and I even had a chance meeting with the first ladies of print and prose namely Golf Central’s own ladies of court, Terrie Purdum, Shannon Streeter Coats and Nafanua Marlowe. We caused quite a stir on the trade show floor. If you caught the sunrise celebration then you know that I was honored to deliver the official invocation to start the show (blessed and honored to do so). Traditions were upheld and innovations set loose it was a joyous occasion that lasted all week, if you were not able to attend we know you were there in spirit and we look forward to seeing you next time.

Enough with the pleasantries now on to the message at hand. We all know that you must focus on the matters of the day to be successful and safe but a longstanding trait of the successful Turf Pirate is keeping one eye on the horizon. That is to say where next? What will we endeavor and whom with? It is a worthy investment of time and talent as true living requires motion, forward motion, directed by forward vision. The featured picture this month is unique. It was taken in the middle of the great Salt Lake in Utah by my friend and legendary Turf Pirate Dave Phipps. We were on the road with GCSAA current President Kevin Breen and spent a week or so attending regional chapter events, teaching, playing golf and talking about the future. There is also an urban legend about “Shrimpapaloosa” that rose from this trip but that my friend is another story. You see I was looking for my next chapter of life and career and not sure what that might be and as is often the case,