As the 2026 golf year prepares to shape up, Paige Spiranac is making sure she remains part of every conversation. The internet golfer and model took to her social media on Friday and surprised fans by debuting a completely new style. In minutes, thousands took notice.

“Life update. I have bangs now,” Spiranac wrote, posting a selfie.

The picture reveals eyebrow-skimming bangs that are paired with voluminous and bouncy curls. Certainly, Spiranac looks different, as the fans are used to seeing her in her signature straight blonde hair. But these locks were styled in soft layers to frame her face. The entire picture gives a retro-inspired edge. She was dressed casually in a simple gray tank top and smiled confidently.

Those who follow Spiranac might have guessed that such an overhaul was coming. In a recent conversation with Sports Illustrated Lifestyle, the 32-year-old said that she wants to bring changes in her self-expression. For years, the Colorado native has presented herself in a way that sits far away from her real personality. Her fans are now used to it, but Spiranac doesn’t want that.

“It’s easy to kind of play a character,” she said. “But I think letting my guard down a little bit more and showing more of my personal life is something I really want to get back into.”

She further explained how, in the past few days, she’s realized that the real her has stayed hidden. She’s become less vulnerable, and that’s something she really wants to get back to. For Paige Spiranac, that might act as one of her New Year’s resolutions, “a desire to push herself out of her comfort zone.” If that actually happens, fans might see a change in her content type, too.

This pattern of change is not new for her. Paige Spiranac has built the foundation of her career by always reinventing herself. Like how the Internet was never supposed to be part of her career. A young Spiranac wanted to move ahead in the sport. During her day at the University of Arizona and San Diego State, golf was where she excelled. She was talented enough to win the All-Mountain West Conference honors.

But when golf started taking too much space in her life, mentally, she transitioned to full-time content creation. Even here, we see a mix of different tastes. Sometimes she teaches golf, other times commentary, and then of course fashion. Today, she boasts a massive following of 1.1 M on X and 4 M on Instagram.

For these fans, any transformation will catch attention, like it did this time.

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Paige Spiranac’s competition to Mona Lisa?

“Gorgeous…” a fan wrote. Even unfamiliar users couldn’t stop admiring Paige Spiranac’s iconic look. “Don’t know who you are or why this is on my timeline. But I have no regrets. Looking good,” types one guy.

The post on X has now amassed more than 200k views with 12k+ likes. More than a thousand have commented, and a hundred more have been reshared. That’s the kind of buzz Paige Spiranac creates when she drops her picture on the Internet.

“Life update. Still in love with you,” wrote another, having a play on Spiranac’s own caption. But it also stands true after everything that happened with her last year.

From losing her dog to having fake accounts made in her name to demanding money from strangers, the 32-year-old remained in headlines. But perhaps the most controversial of it occurred at the Internet Invitational, where Spiranac was accused of cheating. Caught on camera, the video received massive hate, with death threats and messages asking her to k*ll herself. But despite all that, her fans “still love” her.

“Might as well put a frown on the Mona Lisa,” typed another fan, comparing Spiaranc’s beauty to that of Da Vinci’s painting. For Spiranac’s fans, the model is more beautiful than the woman in the world’s most famous painting.

On the same line, another said, “I like a shot of Paige on my timeline occasionally.”

For Paige Spiranac, it is not new to treat her fans with random photo dumps. Every once in a while, she comes on the internet and shares the insides of her life with a beautiful selfie. At times, she is on a golf course; other times, she’s dressed up for Halloween. And while that might have also gotten some hate, she has consistently pushed back.

“My main message is always do what you want to do, wear what you want to wear,” she told PEOPLE magazine last year.