The 2023 US Open may have ended last Sunday with Wyndham Clark winning his maiden major, but the mayhem surrounding the event is far from over. One of the most talked-about moments, however, happened off the course when a fabricated rumor involving Paige Spiranac and Rickie Fowler surfaced on the internet during the tournament.

While Spiranac quickly doused the flames, she couldn’t help but touch upon the issue in the latest episode of her podcast, “Playing a Round With Spiranac.” Let’s dive in to find out more!

Paige Spiranac clears the air on a fake rumor involving Rickie Fowler

The first round of the 2023 US Open saw Rickie Fowler make tournament history with his eight-under 62, resulting in the 34-year-old becoming a top contender for the title. But it was golf influencer Paige Spiranac who got entangled amidst the ensuing chaos.

No sooner had Fowler’s resurgence happened than a fake Spiranac tweet that said, “I’ll do a b**b reveal when Rickie Fowler wins a major,” started doing the rounds on the internet. Later, the 30-year-old beauty explained the situation, saying that a meme account had started the rumors. “This is not true, so don’t get your hopes up,” she wrote in a tweet.

Now, days later, Spiranac has addressed the situation in an episode of her podcast. “I checked my DMs, hundreds, hundreds of them, hundreds of them [messages],” said Spiranac about the aftermath of the falsified tweet. “It was outrageous. I’ve never seen something like that. And even after I came out and said it was fake, people were still DMing about it!”

The social media sensation further shared that naysayers refused to believe it was fake even after he tweeted about it. “People underneath it were like, well, it’s your same username with the checmark,” she shared. “Like a 5-year-old could make that on Photoshop!”

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Spiranac also noted that a lot of people were hoping for Fowler to “get it done” after several near-misses in the past. She also talked extensively about Wyndham Clark’s win, even throwing light on their personal connection.

Spiranac reveals his personal connection to Wyndham Clark

Before his maiden major victory at the US Open, Wyndham Clark had won just once on the PGA Tour. In fact, his only other PGAT win came at the Wells Fargo Championship last month. Both times, the 29-year-old edged past the biggest names in golf to lay claim to the coveted trophies.

While several may not have foreseen Clark’s rise to the top, former pro-golfer and internet celebrity Paige Spiranac always knew that he had it in him. Taking to Twitter after his victory, the influencer shared that she and Clark had grown up playing junior golf together in Colorado. She further confessed that everyone knew the golfer would “make it” on the big stage one day. “Now he’s a major winner! Very cool moment,” wrote a delighted Spiranac.

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