Paige Spiranac blasts Golf culture hypocrisy over her bold content
August 28, 2024, Atlanta, Georgia, USA: Paige Spiranac tees off the 10th hole during the inaugural 2024 Creator Classic Tour Championship presented by Blackstone at East Lake Golf Club. Atlanta USA - ZUMAw109 20240828_fap_w109_025 Copyright: xDebbyxWongx
August 28, 2024, Atlanta, Georgia, USA: Paige Spiranac tees off the 10th hole during the inaugural 2024 Creator Classic Tour Championship presented by Blackstone at East Lake Golf Club. Atlanta USA - ZUMAw109 20240828_fap_w109_025 Copyright: xDebbyxWongx
Paige Spiranac called out her critics on Thursday, and the point she made was sharper than most people expected.
Spiranac posted on X on July 31, 2026, taking direct aim at people who accuse her of only showing off her body.
"I love when people say all I do is show off my body and nothing else," she wrote. "Yet I'll post YouTube videos showing a different side to me, but then THEY WON'T WATCH lol."
The X post pointed directly at the people making the criticism. Spiranac has a YouTube channel where she posts golf instruction videos, course vlogs, podcast content and lifestyle material. The same audience that dismisses her as a one-dimensional influencer largely ignores that content entirely, per her own account.
July 8, 2022, Stateline, Nevada, U.S: Golf personality/model/influencer, PAIGE SPIRANAC, tees off from the first hole during the American Century Championship at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline. Copyright: xTracyxBarbutesx
July 8, 2022, Stateline, Nevada, U.S: Golf personality/model/influencer, PAIGE SPIRANAC, tees off from the first hole during the American Century Championship at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline. Copyright: xTracyxBarbutesx
Spiranac, 32, is one of the most followed golf personalities on social media with over 4 million Instagram followers and nearly 1 million on X.
She played collegiate golf at the University of Arizona and San Diego State before competing professionally on the Cactus Tour and Ladies European Tour. She turned to content creation full time after her playing career.
The criticism she faces is long-running. She has addressed it publicly multiple times across different platforms. Earlier in July, she spoke about a social media break she took after facing backlash over her content and her behaviour at The Internet Invitational.
"I feel like I've just been so in my head about everything and I'm just trying to work through it," she said at the time.
Her July 31 post was a more direct response.
Paige Spiranac has been building a multi-platform brand beyond Instagram for years
Her Playing A Round with Paige Renee podcast has been downloaded more than 100 million times.
She has partnered with PointsBet, Babbel and several golf equipment brands. In 2022, she was named the world's most followed golf influencer by Guinness World Records.
The hypocrisy she pointed out on July 31 is not new. She made the same case on X on May 15, 2026, responding to another wave of criticism.
"Why don't you post actual golf content?" she wrote, quoting a critic. "Me with a full YouTube channel filled with course vlogs, golf instruction, golf club reviews and more lol."
She included a direct link to her YouTube channel in that post. Eight weeks later, she was making the same argument again.
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Written by
Sneha Abraham