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Ian Cross is a fairly recent convert to the pleasures
of golf; he took up the game in 1994 upon turning 40-years-old
and soon became a keen aficionado of the sport. He believes
it's a perfect  recreation for men of his age as it's
not too strenuous, very healthy, and good for stress-busting
for the busy executive. Although Ian has discovered
the game comes with its own stresses - he's occasionally
lost his composure and taken it out on the greens. Whilst
filming for Adventure Golf on the King's
Course in Gleneagles, he met his downfall at
"Whaup's Nest", the 8th, where he took 18
shots to get out of a bunker. Bunkers are his most feared
golf hazard.
Ian was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in
Canberra where he began his sporting interests as a
junior tennis and cricket champ. He began his professional
career there as a cadet journalist for the Canberra
Times. Ian's media career in newspapers, radio and
television spans 30 years and three continents - the
United States, his native Australia, and the UK where
he now lives with his wife and two children. For three
years he was European correspondent for ABC-TV, then
in 1988 he produced the Beyond Tomorrow science
series for Fox Networks in the United States.
 When he's not on the course, Ian is the Managing Director
of Pilot
Productions, the television company he founded
in 1991. Specialising in factual programming, in particular
travel, Ian has been the Executive Producer of over
250 hours of quality television including 11 series
of the multi-award winning adventure travel series Globe
Trekker, the most watched travel program in
the world, food and travel series Planet
Food & World Café Asia, and Adventure Golf. The company
now have offices in Los Angeles, London, and Singapore.
After years spent sending film crews and presenters
to some of the most exotic and intrepid places in the
world, he thought it was about time he joined them on
the road.
Ian is a handicap 18 golfer who leads a nomadic-cum-jet-setting
golfing life; he has no home club but enjoys playing
the game internationally - particularly in Northern
France and Links Golf  in Scotland and Ireland. During
the first season of filming for Adventure Golf,Ian has experienced some of the greatest golf courses
in the world in Scotland, Dubai, Southern California,
Japan, South Africa, and Florida. He was
bowled over by the high-tech and futuristic golf experience
in Japan, in particular the Gotemba
Course overlooking Mount Fuji.
His dream trip would be to take a year out to travel
the 4 corners of the world, Phileas Fogg inspired,
to play the world's best golf courses and explore the
most exotic regions at a leisurely pace - notably Hawaii,
Bali and the little explored courses of Latin America.
He enjoys international travel for work and pleasure
and regularly jets off to his favourite spots of the
Caribbean, the Mediterranean, skiing trips, and city
breaks in Paris and New York.
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