ABOUT GOLF SOUTH

The management team of Golf South has more than 125 years of collective experience marketing to golfers and the golf industry.  Our practical experience includes destination marketing, owning, managing and/or participating in more than 170 golf and travel shows, golf and travel writing, magazine and trade publication, direct marketing and e-commerce.

This team has a passion for golf and a proven history
of marketing to the traveling golfer.

Once a month, we will also publish The Traveling Golfer Newsletter that profiles 5 new resorts or destination areas with professionally written articles, photographs and contact information.  Sign up today to get the latest news on affordable possibilities, travel tips, industry news and details about contests that are running on the golf-south.net website.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Claudio DeMarchi is a golfer who loves to travel to play golf.  His company Lakeview Productions Inc. has been a part of the Canadian golf industry since 1989.

Lakeview was instrumental in the start up and production of all major golf shows in Canada and still maintains ownership of the London Golf & Travel Show (14 years) and the Hamilton Golf & Travel Show (3rd year).

Lakeview Productions Inc. also became a destination marketing company with a passion for golf.  Since 1999 Lakeview has been handling all of the golf marketing in Canada for the State of Mississippi.

In 2001, South Carolina's inland Golf Capital came on board with Lakeview.  Lakeview handles golf marketing for Santee in both Canada and the USA.  In 2006, Swamp Fox Country Golf and Olde English District of South Carolina have jumped on board with Lakeview.

In 2005, Lakeview partnered with The Links Marketing Group to co-publish the Canadian Golfer Travel Guide and now is pleased to introduce you the Traveling Golfer E-Newsletter and host website golf-south.net.

To find out more about Lakeview Productions Inc., visit www.lakeviewproductions.com. If you happen to be visiting a golf show in your area you may see Claudio wandering around in his knickers. Don't be afraid to stop and say hi.

Dave Finn is a sales and marketing professional. For the past 16 years, Dave has been Co-founder and President of Golfinn International Inc., Canada's first mail order and e-commerce golf catalogue company.  His "Par Excellence" catalogue has won 2 RSVP Awards from the Canadian Marketing Association for its design and campaign response and Golfinn was featured in a nationally televised documentary by CBC Venture.

In 2002, Golfinn became the fulfillment company for Mike Weir's WeirGolf website and a supplier to Sears Canada for branded merchandise.  Dave has applied his extensive direct marketing knowledge to develop creative sales and marketing campaigns as well as design, produce or source innovative products and promotional merchandise. For the past 5 years, Dave has travelled to China to procure golf and other promotional products of the highest quality at an affordable cost for retailers, wholesalers and large corporate clients.

Dave has managed co-promotions with companies like Diners Club and continues to produce catalogues, brochures and web content for a variety of clients while completing vendor negotiations, building and maintaining several databases and managing the response analysis for multiple campaigns.

Randy McDonald has been actively involved in the golf industry in Canada for more than 25 years and instrumental in creating and developing a variety of golf magazine, television and radio shows. Among his many achievements, Randy was involved in the start-up of Score Golf Magazine and was the Group Publisher for fifteen years.

In 1995, Randy started his own company to assist the Royal Canadian Golf Association in launching the Golf Canada magazine. At the same time, Randy created Pro Shop Magazine that is now the leading Canadian golf trade magazine. On the consumer side, Randy also launched the Canadian Golfer Magazine that includes a spring Equipment Buyers Guide and a fall Golf Travel Guide.

Randy has organized events, awards shows, Pro-Am travel events; conducted educational seminars for golf professionals and owners and established and managed the largest national golf school in Canada.

Randy brings a wealth of golf knowledge as well as a solid reputation and respect from the Canadian golf industry.

Marc Atchison is a 30-plus year veteran journalist who has worked for several of Canada's major newspapers and magazines. Marc is currently an editor at the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper.

He's served in a number of key roles at the paper, including editor of its annual golf guide magazine, which Marc started in 1997 and watched grow into the largest circulation golf magazine in Canada with a circulation of over 400,000. Marc also served in the role of Travel Editor for almost 5 years with the Star and continues to write travel and golf features for a number of top North American magazines and web sites, including travelinggolfer.com.

Marc is one of Canada's most respected golf journalists, with a reputation of being insightful when it comes to discovering undiscovered golf gems around the world, and fair in his reviews of rankings of courses. Marc lives by the motto: "I've never met a golf course I haven't liked yet" and has played most of the major courses around the world, including St. Andrew's Old Course, and all the courses that followed the "first" course.

Marc has won a number of international awards for his writing style, including the prestigious Thailand Literary Award, presented to him by the King of Thailand in 2003, for a series of articles he did on that country.

Laura Aiken is a contributing writer to Golf-South.net, and  is the current Editor of Bay Area Golfing www.bags.on.ca. You can also catch up with Laura as she also writes golf reviews for www.golfcourses.com.

Laura is a graduate of Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa. She has been writing about golf and has been Coordinator of a junior golf tour since 2002. 

You can contact Laura at 705 429 9581, or email her at laura@bags.on.ca

Tim Baines is sports editor of the Ottawa Sun, a position he's held for the past 15 years. He's been searching for a cure for his slice since he was introduced to golf some 35 years ago. Along the way, he's visited and written about golf destinations through Canada, the United States and the Caribbean.

After an abbreviated attempt to qualify for the Wake Forest University golf team, Ronald Montesano turned to writing about golf. He directs BuffaloGolfer.Com, the online guide to golf in western New York, and contributes to Buffalo Spree, New York Golf, and the Traveling Golfer. You can contact Ron at buffalogolfer@bufflogolfer.com

Bradlee Ryall has been a Class A member of the Canadian PGA since 2004, and is one of the brightest young teaching professionals in Canada. At 28 years of age, Bradlee has one of the highest Pedigree's possible. His quest for knowledge has allowed him to visit some of the most beautiful places in the world while learning from some of Golf's greatest instructors. During the winter months from 2003-2005, Bradlee moved to Orlando, Florida where he would train and study under the David Leadbetter Philosophy, and currently Bradlee has been appointed a Head Instructor for Five Star Plus Golf Academies based out of the Algarve in Portugal. Spending the winter months over seas has allowed Bradlee to train with some of Europe's Elite Instructors, Ian Godleman and Paul Cook.

Bradlee has also developed into one of Ontario's brightest young players. A member of the Great Lakes Tour, Bradlee has asserted himself as one of the top players with a very bright future. His immediate plans are to attend the US PGA Qualifying School in the fall of 2007.

You can contact Bradlee Ryall at 416-662-8859 or email him at bradlee@thecorporategolfpro.com. Or visit his website http://www.thecorporategolfpro.com/