PAIGE SPIRANAC will return to the Internet Invitational despite being found cheating at the event last year.
The glamorous influencer revealed she received tens of thousands of online.
Paige Spiranac will return to the Internet Invitational Credit: Instagram @_paige.renee
She was spotted illegally improving a team-mate’s ball positionCredit: Refer to source
, 33, was left in tears on the Missouri‘s Big Cedar Lodge course after she was in front of her team-mate’s balls.
She was also spotted by Peter Finch but he did not tell her until the end of the round.
She tried to defend herself by insisting that she did not know that it was against the rules.
and her team would go on to lose the match after the final hole of the round.
Malosi Togisala was the beneficiary of the controversial move and was even asked by Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy if “Paige put that on a tee”.
Finch said: “That lie in the rough there, it was s***.
“Paige has gone ahead to the ball and literally pressed down all the long in front so he could hit it out.
“There’s no way he could have hit that shot without that.”
Spiranac broke down in tears on the course after being toldCredit: Refer to source
The other players did not press the issue but fans called her out on social media for cheating.
The has insisted that some even sent her death threats during the fallout from the incident.
Spiranac has not let the ordeal stop her from competing at this year’s $4million (£2.97m) event.
The prize money for the event has quadrupled from its $1m (£740,000) pot from last year.
The tournament will have a prize pot of $4m Credit: Instagram @_paige.renee
Spiranac received death threats online after the incident last year Credit: Getty
The date and location for the tournament are yet to be revealed but will feature 48 players.
Spiranac told her followers during the fallout from the she had considered getting a restraining order.
She said: “I am painfully embarrassed that I did not know this rule, but I would never intentionally cheat.
“The last week and a half has been probably the worst hate I’ve ever received in the ten years of me doing this.
Spiranac has a huge following on social media Credit: Instagram/_paige.renee
She has four million followers on Instagram Credit: Instagram/_paige.renee
“I’m talking tens of thousands of death threats, people telling me to kill myself, the most vile, horrendous stuff you could ever say to an individual.
“That’s been in my DMs to the point where we were discussing me having to potentially get a restraining order.
“I mean, it’s serious stuff. It’s not easy, and it hasn’t been easy.”
The amount of abuse she received even led her to temporarily step away from social media.
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