Paige Spiranac

**Paige Renee Spiranac** is an American glamour model and professional golfer. She rose to fame after a YouTube video became popular of her making a trick shot where she bounced a golf ball off her club and into her cleavage. Spiranac experienced cyberbullying after she had a poor showing at the 2015 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters - which was her first event as a professional and which she entered with a sponsor's exemption. She is now an advocate against cyberbullying.

## Professional golf career

In 2015, a Total Frat Move article encouraging people to check Spiranac out online, resulted in her Instagram following jumping from under 10,000 to over 100,000 in just two days.

This explosion in social media led her to being invited to play in the Omega Dubai Ladies Classic in 2015. She missed the cut, but the online attention resulted in many sponsors and endorsement deals, making her a professional golfer. Her 2016 golfing season saw her play on the Cactus Tour, finishing the season with $8,010 in winnings and another invitation to Dubai.

### Colorado Women's Open

Spiranac competed in the 2016 CoBank Colorado Women's Open, placing ninth at one-under-par and earning $1,750. By accepting prize money, Spiranac became a professional golfer.

### Cactus Tour

Spiranac debuted on the Cactus Tour at the Las Colinas club in Queen Creek, Arizona. A five-under-par final round earned her a tie for 14th place and a prize of only $100 out of the $12,080 purse, a small figure even amongst women's professional golf tournaments. Another strong final round showing at her second event at Lookout Mountain, a day's best three-under-par, resulted in a third place tie at one-under with Hannah Arnold, good for $950.

A sudden-death win at Scottsdale's Orange Tree Country Club over Hannah O’Sullivan, the then top-ranked amateur in the world, earned Spiranac her first tour win, in just her third start.

She next finished ninth at Stallion Mountain, earning an $800 prize. At the Aliante Golf Club, Spiranac finished 17th out of 52 golfers, her twelve-over-par score netting a $575 prize. She finished eight-over-par for a seventh-place finish at Walnut Creek in Mansfield, Texas, earning $600.

After a two-month layoff, Spiranac bounced back to a three-way second-place tie at Legacy in Phoenix, Arizona, with Jane Rah and Caroline Inglis. Her second best finish of the year earned $935. A two-under-par final round produced another top-five finish at Trilogy and $800. The final event of the season was the 2016 Arizona Women's Open in Sun City, Arizona. Spiranac shot an opening round 78 and finished 30th.

Seeking to concentrate on growing her social media presence and influence, Spiranac changed her agent to Jeremy Aisenberg of Octagon after the season. After missing the cut once again at Dubai in 2016, she has not played professional golf since, and has instead concentrated on growing her brand.

## Personal life

Spiranac has been in a long term relationship with former professional baseball player Steve Tinoco since 2016. In 2010, he was drafted to Tampa Bay Rays which is a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. According to MLB, he had played with several baseball teams such as Montgomery Biscuits, Charlotte Stone Crabs, Hudson Valley Renegades, and  Bowling Green Hot Rods.

In April 2018 *Golfweek* aired a video of Spiranac, PGA golfer Tony Finau, and a sports trainer and Paige's fiancé, Steve Tinoco, attempting to break a Guinness World Record for a golf trick-shot. The challenge required Tony to hit golf balls from 100 meters away, and for Steve to catch them bare-handed over the course of one minute. The threesome successfully raised the world record of 11 catches in one minute to 12.

In February 2020, Spiranac started a podcast called *Playing-A-Round with Paige Renee*. The premiere episode, entitled "Teeing Off", was released on February 7, 2020.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://zntent.com/12things-you-dont-know-about-paige-spiranac/
2. ↑ Woods, Alden. "The Whole World Is About To Fall In Love With Paige Renee, This Smokeshow Golfer From SDSU", *azcentral*, 2018-02-08. (in en)
3. ↑ Woods, Alden. "Paige Spiranac: Bullied her entire life, Instagram star changes professional golf world", *azcentral*, 2018-02-08. (in en)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Woods, Alden. "Paige Spiranac: Bullied her entire life, Instagram star changes professional golf world", *azcentral*, February 8, 2018.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 2016 CoBank Colorado Women's Open (September 2, 2016).
6. ↑ 2016 Event #14 Las Colinas (2016-05-11).
7. ↑ 2016 Event #15 Lookout Mountain (2016-05-23).
8. ↑ Team, Grill Room. "Paige Spiranac gets first pro win on Cactus Tour | Golf Channel", *Golf Channel*, 2016-06-06.
9. ↑ 2016 Event #17 Stallion Mountain-Vegas (2016-06-10).
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 2016 Event #18 Aliante Golf Course-Vegas (2016-06-15).
11. ↑ 2016 Event #19 Walnut Creek (2016-07-02).
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 2016 Event #25 Legacy (2016-09-29).
13. ↑ 2016 Event #26 Trilogy (2016-10-05).
14. ↑ 2016 Arizona Women's Open (2016-11-09).
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Shrestha, Binesh. "Here Is Everything You Need To Know About Paige Spiranac’s Fiance Steven Tinoco", *Superhub.com*, May 2, 2019. Retrieved on April 17, 2020.
16. ↑ Template:Cite magazine

## External Links

* Paige Spirinac at the Womens' World Golf Rankings official site
* Paige Spiranac links at FreeOnes
* Paige Spiranac at Babepedia
* Paige Spiranac's Boob-Assisted Golf Trick Shot
* Paige Spiranac speaking about cyberbullying
* Paige Spiranac article at *Wikipedia*