Blair O'Neal Shares A Perfectly Timed Reminder That Paige Spiranac Wasn't The First Golf Influencer

Timing is everything and Blair O'Neal's timing couldn't have been more perfect here.  An interview with Paige Spiranac from the SI Invitational is making the rounds and in it, she claims that she was the first one to do what she does.

"When I first started doing this, I was the first one and there was no path, and so I just had to figure it out," Paige said of other influencers following her path.  "My ultimate goal with all of this was to make golf more welcoming and to have more women in the game."

Blair O'Neal attends the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation Celebrity Invitational Gala at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)

While nobody has taken golf influencing to the level that Paige has, she is unquestionably the world's No. 1 ranked golf influencer after all, and she has undoubtedly opened doors for others, she wasn't the first to do it.

Those of us who have been around a little while remember the early days on Instagram.  There were those in the world of golf, making content, modeling, and influencing before Paige took the game to the moon.

Names like Holly Sonders, who has since branched out into other interests, and the aforementioned Blair O'Neal, who is still in the game.  Blair took the opportunity presented by a slow Friday in February to drop that reminder.

The 42-year-old former professional golfer, host, model, and golf ambassador - how's that for an Instagram bio? - shared the reminder on the social media platform with a see-through top and bikini bottoms.

She captioned it, "This was a good cup of coffee… Who else is ready for Spring time!!"

Before Paige Spiranac, Golf Influencers Like Blair O'Neal And Company Were Putting In The Work On Social Media

That's how an OG sends out a reminder.  It's also how she introduces herself to a whole new audience.  The young guns probably missed the days when Blair was first getting into the game.

It's not their fault, they don't know what they don't know.  I'm not even placing any blame on Paige for claiming that she was the first either.  Nobody's been able to do what she has in the world of golf influencing.

From her perspective, the up-and-coming influencers are following her playbook, and she's 100 percent correct about that.  That doesn't mean we can't show some love to those who were hitting the tee box before Paige took things to the next level.