Jaw-dropping golf influencer Paige Spiranac has addressed the “worst moment” of her life after she was accused of sexual favours to make a golf tournament
Jaw-dropping golfing influencer Paige Spiranac has opened up on the “worst moment” of her life while playing in Dubai.
Paige, 32, made her pro golf debut at the 2015 Dubai Ladies Masters – but what should have been the most beautiful day of her life quickly turned into a nightmare.
The American, speaking on the Quiet Please! Podcast, said it was one of the worst moments of her life and had to deny allegations of sexual favours to make the cut..
She said: “Yeah, that was like the worst moment of my life. I’ll never forget that.
“I ended up going viral and this was back when people weren’t going viral all the time and I didn’t know how to handle it and my whole life got flipped upside down.
“I went from having 500 followers to 100,000 followers.
“I got this invite to play an LET (Ladies European Tournament). I had just turned pro, I had never played golf outside the country. And everyone was like, ‘It’s low key, don’t worry about it. No one is going to know if you play well or not.’
“I show up and was doing hours of press, which I wasn’t prepared for. I had no training to do this. And I would say there were a couple of girls who were really supportive and who were nice, but the majority, it was brutal.
“I would go on the range and girls would just scatter. No one wanted to hit next to me.
“There were constant comments like ‘I did sexual favors to get this invite,’ and I was listening to it — and they would say [it] within earshot of me. It was tough.’
“Not knowing what I was doing, it was my first pro event, it was really difficult. I just wanted to be liked and I played so bad. It was horrendous.”