Karl Doyle
MAGAZINE
Destination Golf Media Ltd
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Ireland marketing @ destinationgolf . travel www . destinationgolf . travel
PUBLISHER Dermot Synnott
COMMERCIAL MANAGER Mark Behan
MARKETING MANAGER Kathy Synnott
DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER Adam Rogers
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Darren Maguire
PHOTOGRAPHY / EDITORIAL
IAGTO Kevin Markham Peter Ellegard
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Albert Ferrer ( Spain )
Francisco Pinto Leite ( Portugal ) Ronald Montesano ( USA )
Peter Barnes ( UK ) Gene Oberto ( Sweden ) Gianni Attanasio ( Italy ) David Cooney ( China ) Maarten Hageman ( Netherlands ) Benjamin Oosterveer ( Morocco ) Kevin Markham ( Ireland ) Declan Crowe ( Malaysia ) Wayne Morden ( Canada )
Lee Owen ( Australia ) Pall Sveinsson ( Iceland ) Dewi Merckx ( Belgium )
Ru Macdonald ( Scotland ) Zenta Thomas ( Asia )
FRONT COVER We-K-oPa Golf Club ,
Scottsdale , USA . Photo : We-Ko-Pa Golf Club
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10 Destination Golf . TRAVEL
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We Barcelona hope you . enjoy our latest Global Guide .
Enjoy !
Karl Doyle
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