“I don’t know who’s following me”

Paige Spiranac is one of the most recognizable faces in women’s golf, especially since the magazine Maxim named her the sexiest woman in the world. An honorary title that in no way justifies certain behaviors that she has to put up with and that she now openly denounces.

“A man approached me and asked for a photo and I didn’t give it much importance. But then he started saying that he had scammed him out of 10,000 dollars and started threatening me.. It was a really scary situation. It turns out that this man was scammed by a fake profile that someone created pretending to be me and had a fake number, he was unhinged, “Paige told the podcast Playing A Round with Paige Renee.

Spiranac has more than 3.5 million followers on Instagram and publicly complains that social networks are a source of income, but also of problems. “I have been dealing with security problems for a long time and I am very scared”confesses the golf player.

“I don’t leave the house. I start to feel like I’m living in a bubble, and it’s something I’ve never experienced before. I don’t know who’s out there, who’s following me, who’s stalking me. I know a lot of people say: Well, it’s part of your job. But no, it shouldn’t,” says Paige.