Paige Spiranac wasn't going to let social media trolls off the hook

Former golfer Paige Spiranac was flooded with backlash after calling the sport “elitist”, now she’s tee’d off at the online haters.

Former golf star and Instagram sensation Paige Spiranac has taken aim at social media trolls after she called out golf as one big boys club.

The 26-year-old labelled the sport “elitist” and detailed the hypocrisy that was rife among the tour in an episode of her podcast Playing-A-Round.

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After making a name for herself on the college golfing scene, Spiranac only had a short career as a professional and slammed the sport for being too exclusive and not a place where people who don’t fit the traditional mould can feel comfortable.

Since stepping away from the greens professionally, she has taken social media by storm by regularly posting photos of herself on the course wearing clothes that wouldn’t be accepted in official tournaments.

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“It’s an act. I feel like everyone in golf is just playing this part of this perfect golfer when in reality it’s nothing like that,” Spiranac said.

“They call it a gentleman’s game but those guys definitely don’t act like gentlemen a lot of the time.

“There’s just so much hypocrisy in golf and it’s so frustrating for me.

“It’s this big boys club where if someone does something they’ll cover that up … but I wear a tank top and I’m the s**t and I’m the w***e and I’m the one that’s ruining the game.

“I’m not going to feel like I fit in when everything that I do, I’m an outcast.”

But after her latest podcast went live, the former golf star has been inundated with backlash on social media.

Fans savaged Spiranac with many of the comments labelling her an attention seeker and bringing it on herself.

Spiranac however wasn’t going to let the trolls win and hit back at several fans by stating all they were doing was proving her original point.

1. He proves my point exactly so thank you Mike

2. Talk about hypocrisy, we are showing the same amount of cleavage in our profile pictures...not my fault I just fill mine out better

3. At least spell my name right if you’re going to insult me https://t.co/EkOsCgdLxS

— Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) March 8, 2020

She wasn’t done there with her responses to the tweet, also responding to another commenter she wouldn’t be changing her ways.

I’m better than 99.999% of the people out there. I also like feeling sexy. They aren’t going to stop me

— Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) March 8, 2020

In one reply Spiranac revealed she had tried getting her status back as an amateur on the tour, but was denied.

I played professionally for a year. I made money from playing. I’ve tried to get my amateur status back but was denied. I always say I’m in golf media now.

— Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) March 8, 2020

Spiranac detailed her lifelong struggles with anxiety, bullying and suicidal thoughts in an episode of her podcast and opened up on how she felt “violated” after being betrayed by someone she cared deeply about when he shared an intimate picture among friends.

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The popular social media star, with a 2.2 million follower count, isn’t going to take a backward step in calling out the sport and trolls can expect the same treatment.