Paige Spiranac is gearing up for a comeback, and she’s not letting last year’s drama hold her back.
The 33-year-old golf influencer is set to return to the Internet Invitational, the same star-studded tournament where she found herself at the center of a cheating storm in 2025 and later said she was bombarded with “tens of thousands” of death threats online.
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According to the U.S. Sun, the Colorado native is gearing up to compete again despite the brutal aftermath of last year’s event, which left her in tears at Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri after she was caught on camera flattening grass in front of a teammate’s ball.
Golf content creator Peter Finch caught the moment in real time but held off on calling it out until after the round ended. Paige later said she genuinely did not know her actions broke the rules and apologized for the chaos that overshadowed the event.
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“I am painfully embarrassed that I did not know this rule, but I would never intentionally cheat,” she said at the time, as per the outlet.
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But the backlash that followed went well beyond the golf course.
Paige said the abuse she faced online was unlike anything she had ever experienced.
“The last week and a half has been probably the worst hate I’ve ever received in the ten years of me doing this,” she said in an Instagram Q&A in January 2026, per Irish Star. “I’m talking tens of thousands of death threats, people telling me to kill myself, the most vile, horrendous stuff you could ever say to an individual.”
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She added that the threats became so serious that she considered filing for a restraining order.
The hate also pushed her to take a temporary break from social media.
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Now, Paige is putting all of that behind her and stepping back onto the course.
This year’s tournament has quadrupled its prize pot to $4 million from last year’s $1 million, and will once again feature 48 players, though the date and location have not been announced, per MyGolfSpy.
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