A diverse team of passionate authors powers Golf One Media with unique perspectives and expertise. From avid golfers who navigate the fairways with finesse to seasoned travelers who explore the world’s hidden gems, our authors are dedicated to providing you with engaging and insightful content. Our authors are here to share their experiences, insights, and recommendations, whether you’re seeking tips for improving your golf game or seeking inspiration for your next adventure. Get to know our talented team, explore the worlds of golf, and travel through their words.
Abbey Algiers
Abbey Algiers is a Wisconsin-based writer specializing in golf, golf tourism, and travel to Spain. She writes monthly features for the LPGA Women's Network and has been featured in publications, including Avid Golfer Magazine, Texas Lifestyle Magazine, and GoNOMAD.com. In addition, Abbey produces a twice-weekly newsletter called <a href="https://abbeyalgiers.substack.com" rel="noopener">What I'd Rather Be Talking About</a> and is finishing her late father's memoir, <a href="https://www.letterstolouie.com" rel="noopener">Letters to Louie</a>. In her free time, she enjoys running and hot yoga, golfing, and traveling with her husband, Eric. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.abbeyalgiers.com" rel="noopener">abbeyalgiers.com</a>.
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Alan Darty
Alan is the founder and publisher of Golf One Media and the former publisher of eSouthernGOLF—a second-generation Florida native who loves all things Florida. You can usually find him with his wife, watching their two daughters coaching volleyball at Oviedo (FL) High School or Mississippi State University when he's not golfing, hunting, or fishing.
196 Posts
Austin Lyon
Austin started his career at the Orlando Sentinel before moving into television with Bright House Sports Network and Spectrum Sports. He’s covered the Daytona 500, the Final Four, the College Football Playoff National Championship Game and the Olympics. Austin has done play-by-play for more than 700 high school, college and professional games. He currently calls college basketball and baseball for ESPN.
2 Posts
David Hyland
David Hyland has been a business journalist, speaker, consultant, and video producer, for more than 30 years, specializing in sports, travel, and technology industries.
7 Posts
George McNeilly
George McNeilly is an award-winning multimedia broadcaster, producer and writer with a journalism background that has spanned the globe from four Olympics, 17 Super Bowls, World Series, NBA Finals, Major College Football, Basketball and Professional Golf. A former Senior ESPN executive, George teaches Sports Business at Full Sail University and is managing partner of McNeilly Communications.
48 Posts
Hal Phillips
Managing Director of Mandarin Media, Inc., and author of "Generation Zero: Founding Fathers, Hidden Histories & The Making of Soccer in America," the modern Creation epic U.S. soccer didn't know it had.
2 Posts
Mark Lamport-Stokes
Mark is an award-winning multi-media journalist whose distinguished career includes work for Reuters, the BBC World Service, Agence-France Presse, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), and Golf Digest SA. He most recently served as a communications executive for the LPGA.
19 Posts
Mike May
Mike May is a freelance golf writer based in Wellington, Florida. Mike, a frequent golfer, and travel writer is the editor-in-chief of the Indiana Golf Journal, a correspondent for Golf Central Magazine, a senior writer for Team Insight Magazine, a contributor to Midwest Golfing Magazine, and a correspondent for both the Michigan and Ohio Golf Journals. He is also a member of the Golf Writers Association of America. Mike traces his roots as a golf writer to The 1983 (British) Open Championship which was held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club near Southport, England. He attended all four days of the event and then voluntarily wrote his own account of that major championship. In addition to being a golf writer, Mike is a broadcaster for high school sports in Florida, officiates high school soccer in Florida, and works in the scoring division of R2 Innovative Technologies, which implements and oversees scoring at LPGA golf tournaments. As an avid exercise enthusiast, he also serves on the board of directors of PHIT America, which is focused on bringing daily P.E. back to all U.S. schools. Mike is a 1985 graduate of the University of Florida, where he earned a degree in broadcasting. Mike can be reached by email at: mmaymarketing@gmail.com
21 Posts
Steve Pike
Steve “Spike” Pike is a lifelong journalist whose career covers Major League Baseball, the NFL, and college basketball. For the past 26 years, Spike has been one of the more respected voices in the golf and travel industries, working for such publications as Golfweek, Golf World, and Golf Digest for The New York Times Magazine Group. In 1998, Spike helped launch the PGA.com website for the PGA of America. As a freelance travel and golf writer, Spike’s travels have taken him around the world. He has played golf from Pebble Beach to St. Andrews, walked the Great Wall of China, climbed an active volcano in the Canary Islands, been on safari in South Africa, and dived with sharks off Guadalupe, Baja California.
274 Posts
Tom Lang
Tom Lang is a 30-year-plus veteran sports contributor to the Detroit Free Press, during which he has covered the golf scene and more in Michigan. Since 2018, Lang has produced the monthly MI Golf Journal, Michigan's No. 1 voted golf media outlet and is free online at <a href="https://migolfjournal.com" rel="noopener">migolfjournal.com</a>.
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