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Former golfer Paige Spiranac defended Justin Thomas and other PGA Tour players after a fan claimed that current golfers lacked personality. The fan's comment came in response to Thomas' letter to PGA Tour players about increasing golf viewership.
TV ratings of golf tournaments have been dropping year on year. While several causes and reasons can be argued as to why that is happening, Thomas felt providing "more access and insight" to fans during events would generate interest among them.
However, several fans didn't agree with the ace golfer's solutions, with one fan claiming that the current crop of golfers had no personality compared to past players.
"Unfortunately most of these guys have zero personalities or fire. Where the Chi Chis, Fuzzys, Trevino, Palmers of the world. These guys would mix it up with fans and still rip your head off,"
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Former golfer and social media personality Paige Spiranac came to Thomas and the PGA Tour players' defense. Calling them "pretty funny", Spiranac further asserted that the golfers may be presenting fewer opinions now due to the possibility of online trolling.
"I disagree. They do have personalities and are pretty funny! I don’t want to speak for them but I’m sure they might feel that they will be ripped apart online if they say or do the wrong thing. Sometimes it’s just easier to say nothing," Spiranac wrote.
One of the suggestions Justin Thomas presented in his letter was in support of mid-round interviews. Although initially wary of the practice, he was now on board with the idea, highlighting his pleasant experience of such interviews in the recent events he participated in.
Despite her early retirement from the sport, Paige Spiranac frequently takes to the greens and offers her fans golf-related tips, besides giving her take on various other topics.
When Paige Spiranac revealed "one of the weirdest things" about social media
Paige Spiranac built a strong social media empire after an early retirement from professional golf in 2016. She established herself as one of the pioneers in golf content creation, garnering over 4M followers on Instagram over the years.
The self-proclaimed 'OG Insta golf girl' creates content around golf as well as different sports leagues. In the past few years, Paige Spiranac, who also modeled for Sports Illustrated, has started releasing customized calendars for her fans.
In a Q&A session with her fans on Instagram in February 2024, the 31-year-old revealed her insecurities about social media and said (via SI Swimsuit):
"I think one of the weirdest things about being on social media is how people critique the smallest things about you," she said.
She further mentioned how people tear apart a person's physical appearance and how there is always "speculation" about everything, Spiranac mentioned that she was doing her best to get out of a 'weird' aspect of social media.
