Paige Spiranic ranks #1 in social media followers among golf players worldwide
Followed by ‘golf king’ Tiger Woods with 2.7 million
Paige Spiranic / Photo = Paige Spiranic Instagram Capture
It is known that the US female professional golfer Page Spiranick has the most Instagram followers on social media among golf players around the world.
If you look at the ranking of the number of Instagram followers of golf players compiled by Golf Magic, an online media specializing in US golf, on the 8th, Page Spiranic (USA) ranked first with a total of 3.1 million.
Tiger Woods (USA), the ‘golf king’, ranked second with 2.7 million followers, followed by Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) with 2.2 million.
It should be noted that among the female players, there was no other player in the top 10 other than Spiranick. Lexi Thompson (USA) has 510,000 and Nelly Corda (USA) has 370,000, so there is a big difference in the number of followers with Spiranic.
When Spiranic went out as an invited player to the European Women’s Professional Golf Tour (LET) Omega Dubai Ladies Masters in 2015, some fans and golf media said, ‘A player with no skills came to the tournament with his appearance in front, and a player with real skills was invited. I knew all at once that I had taken away my chance to receive it.”
Paige Spiranic / Photo = Paige Spiranic Instagram Capture
After being invited to the same tournament again in 2016, he said, “After last year’s tournament, I even thought about quitting golf.” “I had to come across the brutal Internet comments criticizing not only me, but also my parents, family and friends.” also did
Afterwards, he became an ambassador for a group called Cyber Smile, which aims to eliminate malicious online comments and personal attacks in 2017.
Spiranic, who has not played as a player since 2016, was selected as an ambassador for the golf brand PXG in 2017, and has been active in photo shoots and golf related broadcasting activities.
Paige Spiranic / Photo = Paige Spiranic Instagram Capture
On the same day, Spiranick said, “There are two reasons, thanks to my golf knowledge and personality” on his social media about Golf Magic’s golf player Instagram follower ranking.
Jang Ji-min, Guest Reporter at Hankyung.com newsinfo@hankyung.com
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