Meet the Team
BRIAN LAKE
PGA Head Golf Professional
Brian became a PGA member in 1995 after completing his apprenticeship at Holly Hills CC in New Jersey and Indian Creek YCC in Virginia. Brian has also worked at Isla Del Sol YCC for 5 years and then 12 years at Pasadena YCC where he was Director of Golf. Some of his professional hi-lights include having played full time on the Tommy Armour tour, published an instructional book on putting through McGraw-Hill called ‘Putt Like a Pro’, and has gained the PGA’s coveted certified professional designation. Other higlights include earning a degree in business administration and a degree in fine arts from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania and was a member of the NCAA national championship Soccer team in 1989. He and his wife Kami, moved to Bradenton in 1997 where they settled and started a family. They have two girls.
RYAN MACEY
PGA Director of Instruction
Born in Vermont and raised in North Carolina, Ryan started his golfing career at age 8. Competitive junior golf followed by an astounding college career at Limestone College, Professional Golf was next. Now a member of the PGA, a Class A member since 2012, reaching out and bringing golf to others is the game. Ryan is an avid sports fan, and enjoys watching football, basketball, baseball, and golf. He is a die-hard Duke fan, and you can catch him wearing the Devil Blue during basketball season. He most enjoys teaching the game of golf to all ages, but has a passion for the junior level and is a U.S Kids Certified Golf Coach. In 2020, Ryan was recognized as a top 50 uskids coach in the nation, along with becoming a youth development award winner in 2021.
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FRANK TALIENTO
Golf Shop Manager
Frank Taliento is a Driving Range Pro/Professional Caddie from Portland, Maine. He grew up on his Father’s driving range, Tee N’ Tee Golfland, and started picking balls when he was 5 years old. After some long winters, his parents decided to move to Sarasota, FL in 1988. He attended Booker High School and then continued on to Ole Miss where he was a team leader on the golf team. As a college graduate, he ventured out West and settled down at Sherwood Country Club in Westlake, CA. Frank was as an Honor Caddie for 15 years at Sherwood CC and has looped at several other elite country clubs both in California and New York. He strives to provide exceptional, high-end service to all golfers in need. In 2013, he met the love of his life, Kezia, and started a family after moving back to Maine. Ethan was born in 2015 and Oliver was born in 2020. Being a Dad is the best job he has ever had, and he is extremely happy to be back on the Gulf Coast with his entire family and proud to be part of the Bradenton Country Club Team.
MORGAN KELLEY
Assistant Golf Professional
Morgan grew up in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Morgan started golfing when she was 10 years old and she fell in love with the game immediately. She went to Mount Desert Island High School where she played golf and tennis, and qualified for the State Golf Championship two years in a row while working at Kebo Valley Golf Club in her spare time. In her senior year, she finished in the top 10 making her the second in her school to advance to the New England Championships for golf. She attended the Golf Academy in Orlando, Florida where she attended the Golf Channel, the Golf Hall of Fame, as well as worked in the merchandise tent at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill for 3 years. Morgan is a Class A LPGA member, and had the opportunity to visit the Masters Tournament in 2019, witnessing Tiger Woods win for the first time since 2005. Working at LPGA International, she assisted with a high number of Collegiate events and a Symetra Tour Qualifier. In addition, she has honed her career locally at River Strand Golf & Country Club, Rosedale Golf & Country Club, and now at Bradenton Country Club.