Aspiring LPGA golfer Paige Spiranac burst onto the scene after her pro debut in the Ladies’ Masters last December in Dubai. Since then, the gorgeous golfer has taken on a lot of negative criticism via social media, although that’s hard to believe.
Paige Spiranac contemplates a shot at the 2015 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters on the Majlis Course at The Emirates Golf Club in December 2015 in Dubai. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
“Golf’s hard enough without having thousands of people telling you to quit,” Paige said in an interview with Bunkered magazine. The 23-year-old golfer has taken on so much negative criticism, it made her “seriously consider giving up golf,” according to Bunkered.
“I’ve read a lot of stuff about me on social media that’s not true,” Spiranac told Bunkered. “But I’ve come to realize that there’s not a lot I can do about that.”
“I didn’t expect my participation [in Dubai] to cause so much controversy, so it was hard to sit and either listen to or read people saying some not very nice things about me,” Paige told Bunkered.
“I’ve heard a lot of people say that I show a lot of skin or whatever but, for someone my age, I actually think I keep it pretty tame,” Spiranac said.
“When I first turned pro, I think a lot of people thought I was going to be so much better than I was because of my social media profile,” she said to Bunkered.
“I guess I had the notoriety without the results but golf’s a game where you lose more than you win. It’s a cliché but it’s true. It just doesn’t make it any easier to stand in front of a lot of people and have them watch you fail.”
From where I’m sitting, your golf game looks just fine, Paige.