Paige Spiranac talks 'sexual favors' rumors at start of golf career

"There were constant comments like 'I did sexual favors to get this invite,' and I was listening to it - and they would say [it] within earshots of me," Spiranac revealed. "It was tough."

Spiranac added that her popularity was a result of "going viral" but she wasn't prepared for everything that came with it.

"I ended up going viral and this was back when people weren't going viral all the time and I didn't know how to handle it and my whole life got flipped upside down. I went from having 500 followers to 100,000 followers," Spiranac said, via People magazine. "I show up and was doing hours of press, which I wasn't prepared for. 

"I had no training to do this. And I would say there were a couple of girls who were really supportive and who were nice, but the majority [of them], it was brutal. I would go on the range and girls would just scatter. No one wanted to hit next to me."