Blair O'Neal

Interview With Blair O'Neal - Professional Golfer, Model and Winner of BIG BREAK: Dominican Republic

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Blair O'Neal, the professional golfer, model and I was the winner of BIG BREAK: Dominican Republic at . The following are a few traditional and non traditional golf centric questions that I love to ask influential people in the golf industry.

Can you provide our readers a brief biography?
When not crushing drives, the 5'9" blonde bombshell has made the most of her modeling career. Among countless other accolades, Blair has been named "One of the Hottest 50 Athletes of All-Time" by Sports Illustrated, one of the "Top 10: Fit Golfers" by Golf Channel, one of the "Hottest Golfers" by Golf Digest, and one of "The 18 Most Beautiful Women in Golf" by Golf Magazine. She appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition magazine with Cobra-Puma three consecutive years from 2011-2013. Blair has translated her experiences into the on-camera platform through her work on Golf Channel's Morning Drive and School of Golf. She has also hosted The Golf Buzz presented by Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, What's in the Bag with Cobra-Puma presented by the Golf Channel, Hot Tips from a Hot Golfer presented by Golf.com, and co-host of Golf's Sexiest Shots presented by Golf Digest.

When did you start golfing and who introduced you to the game?
At the age of 11, my father enrolled me and my brother in a local junior golf clinic, and ever since that day i have not stopped playing golf.

What is your current home course?
Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Winning Big Break Dominican Republic. I finished runner up the year before so winning it the following year was a dream come true.

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
When an opponent or opponents caddie are clanking their clubs when you start your routine.

What is your favorite club in your bag and why?
Driver!!! I won two CAA Long Drive Championships while in college at Arizona State. My longest driver is 308!

What is your favorite golf destination?
Pebble Beach, Dominican Republic and Lake Tahoe. I am looking forward to returning to Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course and competing in the American Century Celebrity Championship.

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
St Andrews

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
Pebble Beach

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
Spike marks!

Dream foursome (living)?
Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, and me

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Just me and Arnold Palmer

What is the best advice you can give amateur golfers?

The last image before you swing is to visualize where you want the ball to go. Do not focus on the trouble.

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Long Drive

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Hole in One if there is a great prize!

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Crack of Dawn

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
I like shaping shots - both.

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Halfway House

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Bathroom

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
If playing in a tournament, I will always choose the healthy route.

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
Sand!

9) Walking OR riding?
Riding

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
4 Iron. I do not like hybrids and do not have a 3 iron because i carry 4 wedges.

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Long par 5. I want to reach it in two.

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Skirt

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Both

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Elvis

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Money

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Flop

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Gamble

18) 18 holes OR 36?
18

Catch Blair O'Neal on the Golf Channel Tuesday Nights 7:00pm Eastern on The School of Golf and during the mornings on The Morning Drive.

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the Publisher of GolfTrips.com, a network of golf travel and directory sites including GolfWisconsin.com, GolfMichigan.com, ArizonaGolfer.com, GolfAlabama.com, etc. Professionally, Brian is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA) and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG). In 2016, Brian won The Shaheen Cup, an award given to a golf travel writer by his peers.

All of his life, Brian has been around the game of golf. As a youngster, Brian competed at all levels in junior and high school golf. Brian had a zero chance for a college golf scholarship, so he worked on the grounds crew at West Bend Country Club to pay for his University of Wisconsin education. In his adult years, his passion for the game collided with his entrepreneurial spirit and in 2004 launched GolfWisconsin.com. In 2007, the idea for a network of local golf directory sites formed and GolfTrips.com was born. Today, the network consists of a site in all 50 states supported by national sites like GolfTrips.com, GolfGuide.com and GolfPackages.com. It is an understatement to say, Brian is passionate about promoting golf and golf travel on a local, regional, national and international level.

On the golf course, Brian is known as a fierce weekend warrior that fluctuates between a 5-9 handicap. With a soft fade, known as "The Weis Slice", and booming 300+ drives, he can blast it out of bounds with the best of them.