“Beautiful golfer” Paige Spiranac is the number one social media follower in the golf world. Photo by Paige Spiranac Instagram
(Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae) ○… “Beautiful golfer” Paige Spiranac (USA) was found to have the highest number of followers on Instagram among golfers around the world.
According to Golf Magic’s Instagram follower rankings of golfers on the 8th (Korean time), Spiranac ranked first with a total of 3.1 million followers. “Golf Emperor” Tiger Woods (United States) comes in second place with 2.7 million followers. Spiranac starred as a golfer in college and occasionally participated in mini-tours after turning professional. In 2015, she participated as a guest player in the European Ladies Professional Golf Tour (LET) Omega Dubai Ladies Masters.
At that time, some golf fans and media criticized her, saying, “A player with no real skills used her looks to enter the tournament, thereby denying opportunities to players with real talent.” » In 2017, she became an ambassador for Cyber Smile, an organization aimed at eliminating malicious comments and personal attacks online. In 2016, she won the Cactus Tour and also qualified for the main event of the LET Scotland Open.
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Since then, she has no competitive record as a player. She focuses on golf-related photo shoots and broadcast activities. Spiranac proudly declared on his social networks (SNS): “There are two reasons why I am number one in terms of followers”, adding: “Because of my knowledge of golf and my character”. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) is in third place with 2.2 million followers. Aside from Spiranac, no players are in the top 10. Lexi Thompson has around 510,000 followers and Nelly Korda (both American) has around 370,000.
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