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Paige Spiranac explains her decision to pose for the 2018 SI Swimsuit

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During the PXG 0311 Gen2 iron launch event, I caught up with Paige Spiranac to talk about a variety of topics including her advice to young girls in the golf world, how her life has changed since becoming a golfing celebrity, her relationship with PXG, her decision to stop playing professional golf, and she explains why she wanted to pose for the SI Swimsuit issue.

Enjoy my interview above!

He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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22 Comments

  1. Chris

    Mar 19, 2018 at 10:37 pm

    Boooooo

    I left a comment earlier that was critical but not insulting. Bang straight up deleted. Guess a bad interview with a struggling pro golfer needs censorship on WRX these days… Sad

  2. Judge Smeills

    Mar 19, 2018 at 8:19 pm

    meh

  3. Ryan

    Mar 19, 2018 at 7:57 pm

    Yeah, the decision to stop playing pro golf was probably an easy decision since you aren’t good enough to play pro golf.

  4. IreGolfer

    Mar 19, 2018 at 5:12 pm

    She is a pretty girl and you people judging her nose etc. should just shut up! Wth are you thinking and talking about?!? Uncivilized behavior!
    “I tried professional golf and didn’t like it?!?” Wow, not realy honest from here on the other side. My advice to you all: “Spend more time playing golf and don’t waste your life in front of your screen criticising other people or pose in swimsuits. All just BS!”

  5. E Boogie

    Mar 19, 2018 at 3:17 pm

    um whats wrong with you people? Are all of you 60 to 70 from or older maybe? Every article doesn’t need to be tips on the swing. They guy asked her a question and she answered it. Ladies are mean to each other and this lady has been getting the brunt of it a lot I bet due to jealousy. Ok so she is not the next Laura Davies! She has found a niche and is using the current climate of the market to make some money. She would probably smoke most of you clowns and look better than your child bearing hipped wives you don’t look at anymore with any passion lol. Wow when did men get so mad at looking at pretty women. If you tell her she is beautiful I’m sure she wont sue you. Its ok you guys must be ugly as sin to have to bash a woman cause she is pretty and gets lots of attention due to it. She can swing the clubs maybe not as good as annika but she tried realized it wasn’t for her and moved on. You people with dislike of EVERYTHING have a nice day.

    • Sven Olsen

      Mar 19, 2018 at 7:53 pm

      I’m well over 60, so what do you mean? I still maintain the ability to admire female beauty, and I shall continue to do so, till my eyes fail or I’m buried, whatever comes first.

  6. Pat

    Mar 19, 2018 at 3:16 pm

    You say golf is dying and saying that a woman showing that golf can appeal to women in a fun way is not part of the solution? Recreational women and girl golfers represent a huge share of potential players. What is so wrong with someone advocating for golf as a fun hobby for women and girls? If we’re so concerned with growing the game, shouldn’t we be supporting people in different demographics rather than shouting them down? It’s comments like this that perpetuate “victimhood”. If people would quit trying to knock her down, she wouldn’t have to keep fighting to keep herself up. Your right to express brutally critical and historically based opinions is the same as her right to publicly condemn those opinions and defend herself.

  7. Wally Beaver

    Mar 19, 2018 at 3:09 pm

    Cyber Bullying and Hate Speech do not exist Paige. Figments of a Narcist’s imagination.

    • DaveJ

      Mar 19, 2018 at 6:14 pm

      You must not have a facebook account.

      • Wally Beaver

        Mar 20, 2018 at 10:35 am

        Do you have to have a Facebook account? The answer is no. Again Cyberbulling does not exist, it’s all self inflicted.

  8. Stanley

    Mar 19, 2018 at 3:04 pm

    Wow, I am actually amazed by the negative comments on this article. What ever happened to “if you have nothing good to say say nothing at all”?

    If you don’t care about her don’t click on the article. I do care and enjoyed the video. I like her content and insights.

    Keep doing what you do Paige. You have way more fans than haters.

  9. Bob Jones

    Mar 19, 2018 at 2:55 pm

    It’s her life for her to live the way she wants to. She really owes no explanations to anyone.

  10. Paige Spiranac

    Mar 19, 2018 at 2:31 pm

    I love how you all call me out for saying “poor me” when all the comments are attacking me. Why don’t you all do some research before spewing hate from behind your computer screens. None of you know me or my story. You don’t even try to learn. What you say about me says more about your character than mine. I dedicate my time to community service, growing the game and speaking about cyberbullying. I’ve raised almost $100,000 for an anti bullying organization and speak at schools all around the world. I’m going to continue to live my life. You can continue to hate but it’s not going to change who I am.

    • Matt

      Mar 19, 2018 at 3:18 pm

      Right on Paige! You have a great attitude and are an exceptional role model for girls and women. All of the haters seem to be males who can’t hack it in real life, let alone the golf course. They’re all just jealous and they won’t admit it. Instead of trying to better themselves, they find it easier to try and bring someone down. Keep on rockin’ Paige!

    • Gregory

      Mar 19, 2018 at 4:36 pm

      As always, its not about you, its about golf. There are 60 million golfers in the world and although u have over a million following you or what ever, that leaves the majority that don’t hate you, we just don’t care at all. Telling us to do research about you is an indicator of your character not ours but good try at least your consistent, boring but consistent.

    • Stoney

      Mar 20, 2018 at 2:10 am

      Keep doing you Paige!
      Thank you for the little insight into your life. I hope you are able to bring more awareness to the anti-bullying organization and continue to be a role model for younger people out there.
      I actually saw you the other day, a little smile and wave, you couldn’t have been more pleasant
      All the best to you.
      S

  11. leo vincent

    Mar 19, 2018 at 2:14 pm

    She should definitely pose for SI.A great opportunity and she is a model who plays golf not a golfer who models.She will make a lot more money being photographed than she will ever make playing golf

  12. Fran

    Mar 19, 2018 at 1:14 pm

    Seriously ?! This is not newsworthy; no one cares other than her. Why not interview real, professional players and write an article that supports women golfers….

  13. joro

    Mar 19, 2018 at 12:56 pm

    DUH.

  14. Lawrence

    Mar 19, 2018 at 12:51 pm

    I have nothing against her but agree with most of the comments… enough already. She is an average professional golfer at best, the occasional fluff piece is fine (ie. once a year) but nothing she does warrants the amount of coverage she gets. I wish you guys would cover more LPGA in place of this. Why not more women’s WITB?? Their setups are often times much more interesting than the straight Titleist, Taylormade, Callaway… setups you see in the PGA half the time.

  15. John Krug

    Mar 19, 2018 at 12:44 pm

    Who is she and why is she newsworthy?

  16. joseph dreitler

    Mar 19, 2018 at 12:24 pm

    I love it. You are spot on. Enough already. 45 years ago Jan Stephenson did swimsuit modeling. She also won 3 majors and 14 Tour events. She was a very pretty Tour pro golfer who did modeling on the side. This young woman is a model who can play golf, but she is not a Tour caliber golfer. It’s a free country and she has a right to earn a living, but there are a lot of very pretty girls who can play golf well, they just aren’t high level Tour pros. My point? There are no doubt good looking men who are models/actors and can play golf well, but they are never going to be on the Tour, so no one cares about their golf game.

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