In June 2022, Paige Spiranac became the cover star of Maxim's Hot 100. "If you told me, senior year of college, that my life would take this path, I would have laughed in your face," she told the magazine. "I'm really able to love who I am and what I'm doing through content creation and being an influencer. ... I wish I played golf at a higher level and accomplished more, but I wouldn't trade this for the world." So no, she did not become a LPGA star like she once hoped, but things still worked out.
Spiranac, who was dubbed a sex symbol of the sport early in her career, has caught a lot of flak for the way she dresses and how she presents herself; she famously eschews "traditional" golf wear for sportier, formfitting outfits that are easier to move around in. "I'm not wearing these clothes to, you know, cause controversy or anything," she said in Esquire in 2015.
In 2017, Spiranac wrote about women's golf style for Fortune after the LPGA updated its dress code to include rules about players not being allowed to wear leggings or tops with low necklines. The golfer maintained that the changes to the guidelines needed to be reconsidered as they were unfair and regressive. "I may not go down in history as the best female golfer to ever play, however my intent is to do whatever I can to grow the game," she wrote.
