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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – DECEMBER 06: Paige Spiranac of the United States in action during the pro-am as a preview for the 2016 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters on the Majlis Course at the Emirates Golf Club on December 6, 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – DECEMBER 06: Paige Spiranac of the United States in action during the pro-am as a preview for the 2016 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters on the Majlis Course at the Emirates Golf Club on December 6, 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
If you are a golf enthusiast, you would have come across the name Paige Spiranac. She is a well-known golfing entity and Instagram’s most-followed golf personality. Paige has around 3.4 million followers on Instagram, more than the legendary golfer Tiger Woods. Moreover, she is also a former professional golfer and has competed on the Ladies’ European Tour.
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Meanwhile, she recently played in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, where eminent personalities from different fields come together and play a 54-hole event. They even had female golfers like Annika Sorenstam and Paige Spiranac as prominent female golfing personalities.
How Paige Spiranac influenced young girls to take up golf
Paige Spiranac is a social media golf influencer. And recently, she inspired two adorable girls to take up this sport as they watched her play at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship. The grandfather of these two girls was following Paige’s group, and the girls were excited to see a female golfer competing.
Met these adorable girls at the @ACChampionship yesterday. Their grandfather was with my group today and said they were so excited to see a girl golfer out there and now they want to play! Was a really cool moment pic.twitter.com/OSVLRq8eoN
— Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) July 10, 2022
Furthermore, they also revealed their wish to play golf, which is incredible for the sport. So, Spiranac took pictures with them and announced this incident on Twitter. “Met these adorable girls at the AC Championship yesterday,” wrote Paige.
“Their grandfather was with my group today and said they were so excited to see a girl golfer out there, and now they want to play! Was a really cool moment,” concluded Spiranac.
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Meanwhile, former American football quarterback Tony Romo won the event and carded 62 points. Annika Sorenstam finished T4, and NFL star Aaron Rodgers finished 9th. Additionally, the second female golfer in the field, Paige, finished T24 for the event with 31 points. She carded 82 on the final day and had a decent finish at the charity event.
But her true victory was the impact Spiranac had on two girls to take up golf. Moreover, as a golf influencer, such incidents overwhelm and acknowledge the work she has been doing.

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ORLANDO, FLORIDA – JANUARY 22: Paige Spiranac speaks at the PGA Merchandise Show on January 22, 2020, in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
So, as she tweeted this incident, there were many comments. Fans were happy to see how Paige influenced the young girls to play golf. So here are a few fan reactions from Twitter.
Golf world reacts to Paige Spiranac’s incredible gesture
@PaigeSpiranac you are such a down to earth person, you literally took the time to take pictures with everyone who asked! That's me in the background in this pic, and attached you stopped to take a pic with my wife pic.twitter.com/tc1ES3oMkv
— G Miranda 🇵🇦🇵🇦 (@gmiranda27) July 11, 2022
Glad that they want to play. More young girls and boys also need to learn to play. I think I heard that there was a decline in the number of young people learning to play.
— Randy Dollyhigh (@Ncguy1961Randy) July 11, 2022
That’s really cool @PaigeSpiranac I’m sure it makes you feel amazing to see young girls looking up to you and wanting to try something just because they saw you do it. 👊🏽
— Todd Langdon (@toddcrossfits) July 10, 2022
That's cool Paige, maybe someday when they win the US Open they can tell how you gave them their start!
— David H Webb (@DavidHWebb1) July 11, 2022
That’s fantastic Paige! You do make a difference! Keep doing you!
— Gregory Danforth (@DanforthGregory) July 11, 2022
Inspiring the younger generation to pick up the sport well done Paige
— Robert Melia (@robertmelia6) July 11, 2022
Great stuff! Thanks for taking the time with them. I’m sure they’ll never forget it!
— Right Side Lefty (@youzernametaken) July 10, 2022
And THAT'S your superpower!!
— Scott Wood (@SDWoody) July 11, 2022
I love your influence on everyone 👏🏼 great work!
— Jason Parker (@parks921) July 11, 2022
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Thank you for providing the inspiration for our daughters to want to play golf!
— Doug Halbert (@halbert_doug) July 11, 2022
👏👏👏 Grow the game for the younger generation of girls. Hope my daughters will love to play down the road
— Chris Euksuzian (@ChrisEbomb) July 11, 2022
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