Paige Spiranac has once again weighed in on the pace of play issue. The topic has been in the spotlight of the golf world lately, and Spiranac has commented on the topic several times. Now the well-known golf influencer has spoken out about AimPoint, a controversial green-reading technique.
It all started when major champion A Lim Kim used the AimPoint to read an 18-inch tap-in at the Honda LPGA Thailand over the weekend.
The video of the moment went viral among fans of the sport, prompting Spiranac to react in the same vein as Lucas Glover a few weeks ago, calling for AimPoint to be banned.
Hours later, however, Spiranac expanded on her opinion, also via a post on X, saying that she doesn’t really have anything against AimPoint itself, but against those who use it inappropriately. She stated that a player’s slowness is not directly related to the techniques they use.
In all seriousness, there’s nothing wrong with AimPoint. The problem is when it’s not taught correctly which will slow down pace. Also a player who is slow will always be slow with or without it. My issue is when they are so conditioned to use AimPoint that it’s a habit they…
— Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) February 23, 2025
Lucas Glover had mentioned the AimPoint ban as one of the measures he thinks may help to solve the pace of play in the golf world. About this technique, Glover stated that it has no real effect on the quality of a player’s putting.
“AimPoint, statistically, hasn’t helped anybody make more putts since its inception on the PGA Tour,” Glover said during the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio show he hosts. “Statistics have beared that out. It’s also kinda rude to be up near the hole, stomping around, figuring out where the break is in your feet. It needs to be banned. It takes forever.”
Glover’s opinion quickly generated a defensive reaction from Collin Morikawa, one of the top players who uses AimPoint. Morikawa suggested that the controversial long putter used by Glover and other players should also be banned.
Paige Spiranac attends the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2024 Issue Release and 60th Anniversary Celebration at Hard Rock Hotel New York on May 16, 2024 in New York City.
Paige Spiranac attends the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2024 Issue Release and 60th Anniversary Celebration at Hard Rock Hotel New York on May 16, 2024 in New York City.
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The issue has been the subject of several posts by Paige Spiranac on X. Spiranac believes the problem affects all levels of golf, not just the pros:
“I’m going to say this about pace of play in professional golf,” Spiranac posted on January 30. “If you can’t play under 4 hours yourself then you have no room to complain. Slow play impacts both professional and amateur golf.”
The former pro also recommended that professional tournaments adopt a color-coding system similar to the one used by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) when she played in that category.
“AJGA is a junior golf organization that had a red, yellow, green card system where after 3 holes you would get a time,” she posted on January 29. “Green is ahead of pace, yellow is right around time and red was behind. If you got two red cards then the group would be timed and then assessed penalties. It worked. You should be punished for slow play. It’s against the rules of the game.”
Spiranac has pursued a career as a golf influencer for more than 10 years and currently has more than 1 million followers on X and TikTok, more than 4 million followers on Instagram, and several hundred thousand more on YouTube and Facebook. She previously played golf at the junior, amateur, college and professional levels.
The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour recently announced strategies to address their pace-of-play issues. While the men’s tour will focus on reducing fields starting in 2026, the women’s tour will implement a system of fines and penalties starting next March.
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