Paige Spiranac didn’t expect the Internet Invitational to turn into a storm, but the $1 million event saw a fire she never saw coming. By the time whispers turned into full-blown accusations, she says the backlash grew so vicious she nearly took legal action just to protect herself. And when she finally broke her silence, she didn’t hold back.

“I am painfully, painfully, that I do not know this rule… But I would never intentionally cheat. In all of my years of playing golf, I have never been accused of cheating…” she told fans a few hours via Instagram, letting the raw frustration of the moment spill out.

The scandal erupted in the final round, where Spiranac teamed with Malosi Togisala and Frankie Borrelli, only for both to get hit with cheating claims ranging from slope-enabled ra

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