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‘Stop Sexualising the Beautiful Game of Golf’: Paige Spiranac Makes a Bold Statement about 2022 U.S. Open Winner Matthew Fitzpatrick

Published 07/01/2022, 11:15 AM EDT

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Paige Spiranac is one of the most well-known golfing entities. She is a social media golf influencer with 3.4 million followers on Instagram. Moreover, she is also the most followed golfing entity on Instagram, and is surprisingly ahead of the legendary golfer Tiger Woods. Paige also has a podcast and a YouTube channel where she uploads content weekly. 

Meanwhile, Paige is currently trying to be more active on Twitter. We all know she is an open book and speaks her heart out. Spiranac often receives criticism from a few people who believe she is trying to sexualize golf. Hence, recently she made an incredibly sarcastic tweet that most fans failed to understand. 

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Paige Spiranac makes a sarcastic tweet regarding Matt Fitzpatrick

DP World Tour shared a video of the 2022 U.S. Open Champion, Matt Fitzpatrick, on Twitter. The 2022 U.S. Open champion was teeing off with tiny devices attached to his body. Meanwhile, these devices record the swing and give all the necessary data. So Matt was only wearing shorts, as he had these tiny devices all over his body.

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Paige Spiranac quoted this tweet and wrote, “Is he a model or a golfer? Stop over-sexualizing the beautiful game of golf.” Meanwhile, this was a sarcastic tweet as she, being a woman, receives similar comments on most of her tweets or posts. 

However, interestingly, most people did not get the tone of this tweet, and they thought she was genuinely saying these things. They criticized and trolled her. But still, Spiranac did not clarify that this was a sarcastic tweet. 

Hence, a fan who thankfully understood the sarcasm behind this tweet wrote, “She’s being sarcastic, boys. Calm down. Take her tweet with some humor. Cmon, guys.” To which Paige replied saying, “It pains me how dumb people can be.” 

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Is Paige married?

Paige Spiranac shares her life with her fans on social media. However, she has always kept her personal life private. Hence, recently, when she got tons of messages asking about her marriage, Paige replied that she got divorced. Spiranac said she is no longer married and has separated from her husband. 

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Spiranac was married to Steven Tinoco, who is an athletic trainer. However, she did not announce the exact date of their separation, but speculations are that it was earlier this year. 

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Amey Kulkarni

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Amey Kulkarni is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in mass media from HR College, Mumbai. Before joining EssentiallySports he used to write articles on Golf and Cricket on his personal blog cricgolf.
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Manaal Siddiqui

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