Why golf glamor girl Paige Spiranac divides fans and enemies

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Golf glamor girl Paige Spiranac is one of the most high-profile personalities in the world of fairways and greens.

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But Spiranac, 29, isn’t a touring superstar for the LPGA, she’s an Instagram influencer with more followers than Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy (3.7 million!). Also, her podcast, Playing A Round, is a must-watch for Duffer.

And Spiranac – named the most beautiful woman in the world by Maxim – made a big impact on the conservative sport with low-cut, low-cut tops and tiny skirts.

But not everyone is smitten with the Colorado-born beauty. For example, she regularly slams LIV Golf.

“Ever since the first golf ball I hit, I’ve done everything I can to be a professional golfer,” said Spiranac. “I practiced every day, from morning to night. That was my only goal.”

Despite being a highly acclaimed collegiate golfer, Spiranac never quite made it into the LPGA. So she reinvented herself as an expert and the world’s first golf influencer.

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And she was controversial.

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She clashed with LIVE Golf pooh-bah Phil Mickelson, who slammed a PGA golfer for showing four inches of ankle. Spiranac fired back, “If Phil thinks that’s four inches, I feel sorry for his wife.”

In fact, the blonde beauty has most often criticized controversial Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf celebrity chef Salt Bae for chasing Lionel Messi. She joked, “LIV players try to say hello to Rory (McIlroy) at the Masters.”

But she supported Tiger Woods for his Tampon Gate prank in February. She wrote: “If anyone tries to cancel Tiger because of this, we will riot. It’s funny.

“It’s interesting to see how women are outraged that Tiger slips a tampon to JT after driving him, but those same women will be quick to put me down for deciding to build my business. You don’t get to choose when you’re a feminist.”

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She’s also blasted the golfing world for her strict dress code.

But she has more than a few famous fans, including husband of tennis great Serena Williams. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian said: “Just got off the phone with Paige Spiranac – she’s real. Any brand that understands how to tell a story to the *next* generation of golf fans should pay attention.”

Acknowledging their mostly male fan base, Spiranac joked, “This is new right now. Men like golf and boobs.”

There have been numerous fake Spiranac accounts along the way, and the Mrs. Parkers of the world have taken them to task for some of their racy ensembles.

“I’ve been bullied my whole life,” she said. “I get shamed, I get harassed, I get death threats for wearing the stuff I wear. Nobody ever looks at the person I am or the good work I do.”

Some of the jealousy is reportedly coming from LPGA golfers, who are said to disapprove of Spiranac’s popularity.

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