Golfing with Alexandra Steele

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Photos of Weather Channel anchor Alexandra Steele golfing.

She studied thermodynamics, hydrology and other hard sciences to get a seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society. "I didn't just want to be the pretty weather girl," she says. "I wanted to be legit."

Alexandra Steele, a prime-time anchor for the Atlanta-based Weather Channel, lines up a putt during the 2008 Women's Golf Classic to benefit Girls Inc. at the Golf Club at Bradshaw Farm in Woodstock, Ga.

AJC reporter Michelle Hiskey, left, high fives team member Steele after getting the ball in on the green.

The recently engaged Steele is pregant and due in October. "This is my first pregnancy ensemble," she says of her black pants, green tank and black see-through top.

Steele majored in art and architecture at Brown but eventually moved into television. As a TV reporter in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., she was asked to fill in for the forecaster who got sick and add some pizazz. She loved it.

Steele shoots in the 90s. Despite being so petite, she hits her Callaway driver 250 yards. The source of her strength, she says, is a well-developed backside. "I get my butt into it! I've got more power than touch. Someone once told me I had the touch of Roberto Duran -- the boxer!"

"Golf is so interesting because you see so many places, like mountain courses," Steele says. "I love all the trees, topography and microclimates. And the cute golf clothes."

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She studied thermodynamics, hydrology and other hard sciences to get a seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society. "I didn't just want to be the pretty weather girl," she says. "I wanted to be legit."

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