{"id":309657,"date":"2025-11-27T06:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/309657\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T06:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:10:13","slug":"why-paige-spiranac-received-thousands-of-death-threats-golf-influencer-finally-breaks-the-silence-about-1m-controversial-incident-international-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/309657\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Paige Spiranac received thousands of death threats? Golf influencer finally breaks the silence about $1M controversial incident | International Sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhyPaige Spiranac. Image via: Getty Images Paige Spiranac, the popular golf influencer, has opened up about the intense backlash she faced after a controversial moment during the Internet Invitational. The 32-year-old, a former college golf standout, found herself at the center of a storm following the tournament\u2019s dramatic conclusion, which aired on YouTube earlier this month.The event, organized by Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports, featured a $1 million prize and attracted over 20 million views across six episodes. Despite her team losing the final, Spiranac was accused of cheating after cameras showed her tamping down grass in front of a ball, a move not allowed under golf rules. The controversy quickly exploded online, sparking extreme reactions from fans.<\/p>\n

Paige Spiranac reveals the death threats and abuse she endured<\/p>\n

In an emotional Instagram Q&A, Spiranac detailed the severe backlash she experienced. \u201cThe last week and a half has been probably the worst hate I\u2019ve ever received in the ten years of me doing this,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m talking tens of thousands of death threats, people telling me to kill myself, the most vile, horrendous stuff you could ever say to an individual. That\u2019s been in my DMs to the point where we were discussing me having to potentially get a restraining order. I mean, it\u2019s serious stuff. It\u2019s not easy, and it hasn\u2019t been easy.\u201dDespite assurances from fellow competitors that her actions were unintentional, the Colorado native faced a torrent of criticism online. \u201cI am painfully embarrassed that I did not know this rule, but I would never intentionally cheat,\u201d Spiranac said. She emphasized that throughout her career, she has never been accused of cheating and was caught off guard by the intense reaction.<\/p>\n

Stepping away from social media for mental health<\/p>\n

The overwhelming abuse prompted Spiranac to take a break from social media to protect her mental health. \u201cI just needed to remove myself for my mental health,\u201d she explained. \u201cOne thing that I really struggle with is wanting to be liked and accepted, and I don\u2019t want anyone to ever dislike me. I always try to do everything I can to have people like me. It\u2019s just hard for me as a person with how I process things.\u201dShe also expressed gratitude for her support system, noting that family and friends helped her cope. \u201cLuckily, having a good support system, family around, and just trying to stay distracted,\u201d she said, \u201cmade it a little easier to get through this.\u201dWhile the Internet Invitational incident, sometimes dubbed \u201cSlopegate,\u201d will continue to be discussed in the golf world, Spiranac is focused on moving forward and learning from the experience. Also Read: Alexis Sanchez\u2019s girlfriend makes astonishing revelation about \u2018biggest secret\u2019 she kept for nine months<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paige Spiranac. Image via: Getty Images Paige Spiranac, the popular golf influencer, has opened up about the intense…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,138386,138388,138389,138390,19734,138385,138387,82],"class_list":["post-309657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-golf-influencer-controversy","tag-internet-invitational-cheating-incident","tag-mental-health-social-media","tag-online-backlash-celebrities","tag-paige-spiranac","tag-paige-spiranac-death-threats","tag-paige-spiranac-instagram-qa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}