Steven Pease

Interview With Steven Pease Golf Writer GolfWisconsin.com

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Steven Pease, the Golf Writer at GolfWisconsin.com. 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?
Steve Pease. Social media guy at Mindbenders Media. Golf nerd.

When did you start golfing and who introduced you to the game?
I watched Greg Norman win the 1993 Open Championship from my parents' living room. A week later, I was cutting out pictures of him, pinning them to my wall. Shortly there after, I was in Wal-Mart picking out my first set of Northwesterns and forcing my parents to buy me a King Cobra Aussie cowboy hat, which I wore everywhere. Thanks, Greg.

What is your current home course?
Just bought a home in Germantown, WI. Now I just need to find a course!

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
In the industry: In 2009 I worked part-time as a salesman for Golfsmith. I ended up being one of the Top 12 salesman in the country and was flown to Plano, Texas for a weekend of golf, tours and consulting for Adams Golf. Good times.

On the course: Unfortunately, nothing comes to mind. lol. Hope to change that in 2013.

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
On the course - two things.
1.) Slow play. Pick a target; hit it.
2.) Unsolicited advice. Please don't give me tips (or my score) unless I ask for it.

Off the course - bosses who don't follow The Golden Rule.

What is your favorite club in your bag and why?
My Ping Eye 2 Cooper red-dot 3-iron. Best. Club. Ever.

What is your favorite golf destination?
I'm a big fan of Troy Burne in Hudson, WI. Truest greens I've ever seen. Would also recommend the courses in Lutsen, MN. My buddies and I took an R.V. tour up there a few years back - loved every minute.

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
This is the toughest question. Before Pebble and Augusta, I want to play every great course in SE Wisconsin: Blackwolf River, Erin Hills, Milwaukee C.C., Whistling Irish, The Bull.

And one day I'll play The Old Course. Hopefully it won't be 40 degrees, pouring rain and straight-line winds. :)

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
Don't laugh: Blackhawk Golf Course, a 9-hole muni Janesville. :) Literally grew up on that course.

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
Pace of play. I don't think you need to take three practice swings, back off it, visualize your shot, get set and pull a Jim Furyk, backing off again. Just hit it. I have a hard time waiting for slow groups ahead of me. I don't like asking to play through unless I absolutely have to. So if you're in a foursome, and you see me - solo - behind you, please wave me through!

Dream foursome (living)?
Tiger and Nicklaus vs. Me and Stricker, match play. Let's do this.

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
See above. Just to be different: Bobby Jones, John Feinstein, my Great Grandpa Overturf, Butch Harmon.

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

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

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Round of Life.

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
No question: Twilight. No dew. No waiting. Beautiful sunsets. Slow greens. :)

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Power fade.

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Bev cart.

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Both, like a gentleman.

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Hot dog.

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
I like the beach.

9) Walking OR riding?
Both. I'm down with whatever.

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
3 iron! Her name is "Vicki," after my best friend's mom. Don't ask.

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Long par 3. Love love par-3s. Love the challenge of a long carry.

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Pants. Lining up a putt in shorts is just odd. There I said it.

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Nicklaus.

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Beatles. 13 albums in 7 years? Yeah, Beatles.

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Fun.

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
For years it was the flop. Slowly becoming the bump.

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Gamble.

18) 18 holes OR 36?
I'm a new dad, so it's usually 9. But, I'd play 36 every time

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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.