US pro-golfer Paige Spiranac under fire for dangerous tee shot

A good-looking female golfer, who was already under controversy as she had participated as an invited player at the Ladies European Tour (LET) competition despite not being one of the top-ranked golfers in the world, is again under fire due to a video clip of her tee shot that looks very dangerous. It is Paige Spiranac who currently has about 632,000 followers in Instagram alone.

In the 13-second video clip entitled “Don't try at home,” the 22-year-old former gymnast places the tee in the mouth of a man lying at a golf driving range, before hitting a driver shot. In the video that was reportedly filmed at Scottsdale, Arizona, the man biting the tee tightly closes his eyes the moment her driver closely passes over his face. Most people who watched the video that she uploaded on her Instagram blasted her saying, “She must be crazy.”

Spiranac participated as an invited player at the LET Omega Dubai Ladies Masters, which was held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in December last year. Only top-ranked players were allowed to take part in the tournament, but Spiranac, who turned professional in August last year, was not even on world rankings at the time.

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