Carl Wakely, Professional Golfer, set up the West Florida Golf Tour in early 2010 with the prime objective of providing top quality professional golf tournaments up and down the South West Coast of Florida at affordable cost on the best courses available, and with the best possible prize purses going back to the players.

He wanted to create a friendly environment, but with a competitive edge. A tour that the players felt was a real 'players' tour!

Carl hopes that the tour will become the best mini tour available to professional & low amateur golfers in Florida.

After graduating University at Virginia Tech in 2007, where he was on the golf team, he turned professional and is still pursuing a career in golf. Carl's career highlight to date was winning the Welsh National Amateur Championship in 2005. He has also represented his country Wales at every level and was also High School National Champion.

Christian Bartolacci is from Philadelphia, PA and currently resides in Sarasota, Fl. He has played on many pro tours such as The New England Pro Golf Tour, Hooters Tour, Gateway Tour and has attended PGA Tour Q-School three times.

Bartolacci played College Golf at Temple University outside of Philadelphia where he won three times. He went on to graduate in 2001 with a degree in Marketing. He has also played in 3 USGA Championships and won Philadelphia's prestigious Silver Cross in 2002.

Christian is PGA affiliated and has been working as an Assistant Golf Professional at Jericho National Golf Club in New Hope, Pa. During that time, Bartolacci played in several Nationwide Tour events while maintaining a high playing profile within the Philadelphia PGA Section.