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Julio Cesar Valdera Morales is a Newsweek contributor based in Spain. His focus is golf as well as politics and economics. Julio has been with Newsweek since February, 2025 and previously practiced law. Julio earned his Masters Degree at the University of Havana. You can get in touch with Julio by emailing j.morales@newsweek.com.
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Any golf fan would give almost anything for a lesson from the legendary Tiger Woods. Well, the equally famous Paige Spiranac had that opportunity, and naturally, it was unforgettable.
Spiranac recounted the experience during a recent interview on the Vanity Index podcast by Skratch. The former pro player and current influencer also revealed what impressed her most about Woods—and it wasn’t precisely his golf skills.
“He gave me a chipping lesson once. It was like the greatest experience of my life,” Spiranac said. “He smells so good, by the way… like that was the first thing I noticed.”
“I remember he hugged me, and he smelled so good, and I didn’t take my jacket off or wash it for an embarrassingly long time because I was like, ‘I feel and smell like a winner,'” she added.
Of course, the moment also involved the highest quality of golf. Spiranac described the lesson she received from Tiger Woods just as you would expect from such an opportunity.
“We were doing this low little spinny shot and so we opened the club up almost like on your back, open stance, narrow choke down, and you take it out and almost slice across it and it’s really…if you hit it with like a 54 [degree wedge] it comes out low and then checks on the second bounce. It’s a really cool shot. He did [demonstrate it] and it was perfect.”
Paige Spiranac is the golf personality with the most followers on social media. She is currently followed by more than one million X users, more than four million on Instagram and more than 1.4 million on TikTok. Her YouTube channel has over 445,000 subscribers.
STATELINE, NV – JULY 6: Professional golfer, model and influencer Paige Spiranac before the start of her first practice round at the ACC Golf Championship presented by American Century Investments on July 6, 2022 at…
STATELINE, NV – JULY 6: Professional golfer, model and influencer Paige Spiranac before the start of her first practice round at the ACC Golf Championship presented by American Century Investments on July 6, 2022 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nevada.
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Spiranac’s career as a golf influencer began about 10 years ago when she was still trying to make it as a professional golfer. She played in the Cactus League, a mini tour, where she even won a tournament. She then tried to earn her LPGA Tour card via Q-School, but failed on her first attempt and gave up.
Last year, Spiranac revealed that she had given up on a professional golf career because life on the tour was too emotionally demanding for her.
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