Paige Spiranac's Chris Pratt Golf Story Will Leave You Chuckling

Newsweek

21-05-2025

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Her career as a golf influencer has given Paige Spiranac such a global positioning that she is more followed on social platforms than Tiger Woods himself. Not surprisingly, she has had the opportunity to play with many celebrities.
So many, in fact, that Spiranac had a hard time deciding who is the most famous person she has played golf with.
Paige Spiranac speaks onstage during the Fanatics Fest NYC 2024 at Jacob Javits Center on August 17, 2024 in New York City.
Paige Spiranac speaks onstage during the Fanatics Fest NYC 2024 at Jacob Javits Center on August 17, 2024 in New York City.She was asked this question on the latest edition of the Skratch's Vanity Inside podcast, on which she was a guest, and the answer had several twists and turns, including an amusing story about popular movie star Chris Pratt.
"I was in a foursome with Mark Wahlberg and Justin Timberlake and Gary Player," Spiranac recalled. "So, that one was pretty sick."
"And then I played at Genesis, they did the Celebrity Writer Cup and my partner was [singer and actor] Nick Jonas and we played against Chris Pratt."
"He was very slow," she revealed of Pratt while laughing. "Might be the slowest golfer I've ever played with. Super nice guy, unbelievably slow... He had all these people around him and he tells, like, these amazing stories and we're like, 'Hit the golf ball. Hit it.'"
Despite this hilarious anecdote, Spiranac did not settle on Pratt as the most famous person she has ever played golf with.
"I would probably say that foursome with Gary Player, Justin Timberlake, and Mark Wahlberg was number one."
You do NOT want to be stuck in the group behind Chris Pratt. 😂@PaigeSpiranac joined Vanity Index to talk about playing with celebrity golfers, the evolution of her career, what she would do as Commissioner of the PGA TOUR and more. Watch now: https://t.co/8z9XSr4jRg pic.twitter.com/aJbRAuAmNg — Skratch (@Skratch) May 20, 2025
Paige Spiranac has been building her career as a golf influencer for 10 years. She is currently followed by more than 1 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.
In addition, Spiranac also posts content on Passes, where the number of users following her is not available.
Her career has taken her to numerous challenges, such as modeling in two editions of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit and acting in a small part of the highly anticipated Happy Gilmore 2, which will be released next July.
Meanwhile, Chris Pratt is an avid golfer who is involved in many activities related to the sport. Two years ago, for example, he participated in a video playing golf with Sir Nick Faldo that has over 428,000 views on YouTube. While a few months ago, he was one of the main stars at the 2024 Memorial Tournament Pro-Am event.
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