‘It Was Painful to Watch’: Amid the Global Trend, Golf World Left Unimpressed With Paige Spiranac’s Soccer Skills

Spiranac does not only talk about golf in her podcast, ‘Playing a Round With Paige Renee,’ but also about other sports. And this time, soccer was on her list, but she did not confine the discussion to her podcast. She went out on the field and tried her luck. The FIFA World Cup is ongoing in Qatar right now, with many surprising wins gracing the tournament this year, like the Saudi team smashing Argentina and Japan’s win against Germany. Fans have been on their toes, including Spiranac. Let’s find out how the fans reacted to her penalty kicks.


Paige Spiranac faces criticism for her penalty kicks.

The official Instagram handle of PointsBet, a premier global sportsbook operator, uploaded a video. Spiranac was featured in the video, trying her luck with penalty kicks. In the video, she tried to make goals and succeeded with two; however, they liked her performance. They captioned the video, “If the USA needs someone to take a pen, they just need to call Paige.”

Fans were quick to react to the video, most of which was a clap back on the former golfer’s football skills.

One fan was glad that her golfing skills were better than her soccer skills. He commented, “I’m glad your golf is better than your football – from a UK fan.” Other comments followed were, “That goalie.. YIKES,” and “It was painful to watch.” 

The video started with the former golfer making introductions.

She said, “Hey, everyone, this is Paige.” She added humor and explained the video, “World cup is here, and I’m gonna try my hand, or shall I say foot, at some penalty kicks.” 



The final scoreline of the Penalty Shoot-out?

The first goal did not go well, but the following goals were good enough, and she ended up with a final score of 2-2.

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