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The LPGA tour is filled with incredible golfers like Nelly Korda, Rose Zhang, Lydia Ko and Jeeno Thitikul to name just a few.
The average golf fan may not be too aware of these names. Instead, they could be more likely to follow influencers like Paige Spiranac, Grace Charis and Tisha Alyn.
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Paige Spiranac looks at his teammates put on Green No. 6 during the Kaulig 2023 companies championship at Firestone Country Club on Wednesday July 12, 2023 in Akron, Ohio. (Jeff Lange / USA Today Network)
While Spiranac is perhaps the most popular with more than 4 million followers on Instagram and 1.6 million followers on Tiktok, Charis and Alyn have also built their own strong suite with millions of fans on social networks.
Annika Sorenstam may be the best known golfer of this generation. She won 72 times during the LPGA tour and had 10 major titles. As Spiranac and other golf influencers have adopted a different approach to game growth, the Legend of Swedish golf course was all for that.
Annika Sorenstam went to the fourth Tee box during the final of the PNC championship golf tournament at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Grande Lakes Orlando Race in Orlando, Florida, December 18, 2022. (Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY SPORTS)
The legend of Golf Annika Sorenstam talks about charitable efforts before the celebrity tournament of the American century
“I think it’s great. I just want more people to play, enjoy it, have a good time and feel it, that it comes from traditional golfers, you know, the way we watch it on television or read this in magazines or other,” Sorenstam told PK Press Club Digital.
“Nowadays, the information is shared differently, people get information in different places, so I think it’s great. They bring a different view or perspective in sport. Whether it’s fashionable or strokes, I mean they all have a little niche.”
Sorenstam should participate in the American Century championship at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club next month.
Annika Sorenstam signs autographs for fans when Dick’s Sporting Goods opened at the Joie Golf Club in Endicott, New York, Wednesday August 15, 2018. (Imagn / Kate Collins / Staff photo)
She has finished several times up of the field, but has not yet won the celebrity tournament.
