Former professional golfer Paige Spiranac is one of the most successful social media sensations today. She has over 260,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel and more than 3.5 million followers on Instagram. Spiranac also runs a podcast by the name “Playing A Round with Paige Renee” where she talks about golf and more.

The social media star has many fans across the world, but she also has tons of critics. However, Spiranac has now learned how to stay strong and ignore most of her critics. But there was a time when she couldn’t hold herself up and shed a few tears while talking about the matter.

Paige Spiranac gets emotional during a press conference

Paige Spiranac was in a press conference before the Dubai Ladies Masters tournament. She was asked about the continuous trolling she faced after missing the cut at her debut performance in the same tournament the previous year. She said, “They attack not only me but my parents, my family, my friends, and you know, they say I’m a disgrace to golf. It’s really hard and I still get those comments and I still deal with it every day,”

“It’s important for people to see how much it does affect me, and the things they call me. I feel like I was raised right by my parents, and for them to attack my parents and attack what I’m doing, it’s really difficult,” she added. She also talked about her depression and said she hoped to inspire her fans to overcome cyberbullying.

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Paige Spiranac took a three-week break from using any social media platforms after missing the cut at the tournament. She did this to avoid the ongoing trolling as well as to focus on her career as a golfer. However, today she is one of the biggest social media influencers, with millions of followers.

Will Spiranac return to professional golf?

Paige Spiranac currently has no plans to return to professional golf. In an episode of the “Bunkered Podcast”, she stated that she wishes to grow her social media personality. She also said that playing among such talented women golfers makes her feel incompetent.

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