[Golf Topic] "Beautiful Golfer" Spiranic Tops Golf SNS Followers... What About Woods?

‘Beautiful golfer’ Paige Spiranac is the number one in social media followers in the golf world. Photo by Paige Spiranac Instagram

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…“Beautiful golfer” Paige Spiranac (USA) has been found to have the highest number of Instagram followers among golfers worldwide.

According to the ranking of golfers' Instagram followers compiled by Golf Magic on the 8th (Korean time), Spiranac ranks first with a total of 3.1 million followers. “Golf Emperor” Tiger Woods (USA) came in second with 2.7 million followers. Spiranac played as a golfer through college and occasionally competed in mini-tours after turning professional. In 2015, she participated as an invited player in the European Ladies Professional Golf Tour (LET) Omega Dubai Ladies Masters.

At that time, some fans and golf media criticized her, saying, “A player without real skills used her looks to enter the tournament, taking away opportunities from players with genuine talent.” In 2017, she became an ambassador for Cyber Smile, an organization aimed at eliminating online malicious comments and personal attacks. In 2016, she won on the Cactus Tour and also qualified for the main event at the LET Scotland Open.

Since then, she has no records of competing as a player. She is focusing on photo shoots and golf-related broadcasting activities. Spiranac proudly stated on her social media (SNS), “There are two reasons why I am number one in followers,” adding, “Because of my knowledge of golf and my character.” Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) ranks third with 2.2 million followers. Besides Spiranac, no female players made it into the top 10. Lexi Thompson has about 510,000 followers, and Nelly Korda (both USA) has about 370,000.

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