Paige Spiranac says she has received 'tens of thousands of death threats' after cheating controversy

The Internet Invitational enactment Paige Spiranac successful a atrocious light, and she said she has received a batch of hatred successful the aftermath.

Spiranac was portion of the last radical successful the 48-person tourney of play influencers and YouTubers tally by Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports. She was paired with Barstool's Frankie Borrelli and Good Good Golf's Malosi Togisala against Brad Dalke of Good Good, and Cody "Beefe" Franke and Frances Ellis from Barstool.

Spiranac's squad mislaid the $1 cardinal prize connected the 18th spread of the last match, and galore viewers considered it karma aft some Spiranac and Togisala were wrapped up successful cheating scandals. Spiranac was caught connected movie improving a prevarication successful the last match, claiming she thought it was allowed and past started crying. Later, Togisala was speculated to person been utilizing the slope connected his rangefinder — rangefinders were permitted, but utilizing the slope was not.

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Paige Spiranac plays the 17th greenish during the Creator Classic astatine Philly Cricket Club, anterior to the Truist Championship astatine The Philadelphia Cricket Club connected May 7, 2025, successful Flourtown Philadelphia.  (Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)

Spiranac, who got testy aboriginal successful the title by calling retired Ellis for not playing "competitive golf" before, said she has received "tens of thousands of decease threats" since the title lucifer was posted to YouTube during what has been "an absorbing week."

"The past week and a fractional is astir apt the worst hatred I’ve ever received successful the 10 years of maine doing this," Spiranac said connected her Instagram Story. "I’m talking tens of thousands of decease threats, radical telling maine to termination myself, the astir vile, horrendous worldly you could ever accidental to an individual, that’s been successful my DMs to the constituent wherever we were discussing maine having to perchance get a restraining order. I mean, it’s superior stuff. It’s not easy, and it hasn’t been easy."

Spiranac has been noticeably quiescent connected societal media since the title lucifer dropped.

Paige Spiranac attends the 2025 U.S. Open with Maestro Dobel Tequila, the "Official Tequila" of the U.S. Open astatine USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center connected Aug. 28, 2025, successful New York City. (Anna Webber/Getty Images for Maestro Dobel Tequila)

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"I cognize radical are wondering wherefore I haven’t posted oregon wherefore I haven’t talked astir it. I conscionable needed to region myself for my intelligence health," she said.

"One happening that I truly conflict with is wanting to beryllium liked and accepted, and I don’t privation anyone to ever dislike me, and I ever effort to bash everything I tin to person radical similar me. And so, it’s conscionable hard for maine arsenic a idiosyncratic with however I process things and past evidently the concern has not been casual either. But luckily, having a bully enactment system, household astir and conscionable trying to enactment distracted."

Spiranac again claimed to not cognize the rules astir improving lies, saying she would ne'er cheat connected purpose.

"I americium painfully, painfully embarrassed that I did not cognize this rule…" she said successful an Instagram Story, hinting astatine the karma that deed her for her comments astatine Ellis. "I would ne'er intentionally cheat. In each my years of playing golf, I person ne'er been accused of cheating. There were truthful galore cameras connected me, to blatantly cheat with that galore radical around, that galore cameras around, would beryllium insane. So, I made a mistake, I learned present that it was a rules infraction, and I’ll ne'er bash it again."

Paige Spiranac plays the 17th greenish during the Creator Classic astatine Philly Cricket Club, anterior to the Truist Championship astatine The Philadelphia Cricket Club connected May 7, 2025, successful Flourtown Philadelphia. (Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)

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The lawsuit was filmed implicit the summertime astatine Cedar Lodge Resort successful Ridgedale, Missouri, with the last lucifer being played astatine Payne's Valley. Franke, 1 of the winners, died earlier this month.

Spiranac was 1 of respective erstwhile pros successful the field, including Dalke and Wesley Brian.

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