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American golfer Paige Spiranac: I'm no golf gimmick

Updated on: 03 February,2018 12:19 PM IST  | 
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American golfer Paige Spiranac, 24, has slammed critics as sexist and revealed she received death threats and was blackmailed as she refused to be called a glamorous 'gimmick'

American golfer Paige Spiranac: I'm no golf gimmick

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Paige Spiranac shoots from the lip
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American golfer Paige Spiranac, 24, has slammed critics as sexist and revealed she received death threats and was blackmailed as she refused to be called a glamorous 'gimmick'. Spiranac, who has 1.2 million Instagram followers, believes she is treated unfairly for being a woman who dresses differently in a sport dominated by middle-aged men.


"I was harassed, my family was harassed. I was receiving death threats, people were invading my privacy, I was being blackmailed. This was going on whilst I was trying to play. When it comes to the golf industry, I know that people see me as a gimmick. I don't think I am that," she said



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