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Popular golf influencer Paige Spiranac celebrated her 31st birthday this week by showing off a brand new look and sharing a couple of new “how-to” golf videos on social media.
In the first video Spiranac shared this week she dropped some tips, as she often does, on how to get better at golf, including a couple of easy course management tips.
While many people appreciated her trying to help them out with their golf game, mostly they just wanted to know, “Why does she look different?”
Paige, ever-mindful of interacting with her many fans, was quick to respond.
“Changed my hair color and wearing a lot less makeup than normal. Going for a more natural look,” she replied to a comment on Instagram.
@_paige.renee Course management 101
That mystery solved, Paige Spiranac returned to her YouTube channel on Thursday with another new video.
In this one, she explains how she turned pro in golf and shared some of her biggest “do’s and don’ts” when it comes to making the jump to playing golf professionally.
“Although I had what I’d consider a very successful golf career, I made a ton of mistakes when I went pro and I want to help you or your kids to NOT make the same mistakes I did,” Paige wrote in the description of the video.
Topics she covers include the junior golf rankings, seeking the “perfect” swing, the fact that you are going to fail, that top colleges don’t always matter, how to prepare for after college golf, sports psychology vs. therapy, and what life on tour is really like.
For anyone that doubts Paige Spiranac’s credentials, she begins the video by explaining that she was ranked number one in the state of Colorado in junior golf, she was a top five recruit in her graduating class, was top 25 in the world as a junior golfer, she received a scholarship to play golf at University of Arizona then later transferred to San Diego State University on a full ride.
She then went on to play professionally, winning one event on the Cactus Tour and making the cut at the Scottish Open.
And while she didn’t quite make it to the LPGA Tour, she now knows in hindsight what things she wishes she had done differently that would have given her a better chance to move up to the big leagues of professional golf.