Tiger Woods, Paige Spiranac battle out for ‘most-googled golfer’ but PGA Tour star missing
Tiger Woods, the golfing legend, was the most searched golfer this year, beating out golf sensation Paige Spiranac with Scottie Sheffler not even mentioned.
Tiger Woods continues to show how dominant he is off the course. Despite playing in only three tournaments this year, the golfing legend still was head and shoulders above the rest of the peers in one aspect this year.
The 47-year-old was the most Googled golfer in 42 of the United States’ 50 states, per Vegas Insider. For Woods to be the most-searched golfer on Google makes sense as he has almost 10 million followers on his social media accounts, with 6.5million being on X (formerly Twitter) and 3.3million more on Instagram.
After Woods, the next most-searched golfer was golfing sensation Paige Spiranac. Spiranac often dazzles her fans with her choice of outfit and incredible golfing analysis and shot-making, which has helped introduce golf to a wider audience.
Because of her exploits on the links, Spiranac has amassed over four million followers on social, with 3.9million coming from Instagram and almost one million on X. As a result, Spiranac was the most-searched golfer in four states: Alaska, Arkansas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Rounding out the list were Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Tom Hoge and Tony Finau with one state each. Bradley was the most-searched golfer in Vermont, Fowler in Oklahoma, Hoge in North Dakota and Finau was the most-searched golfer in Utah.
Other names were searched but not searched enough included Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas and Wyndham Clark, among others. Interestingly enough, Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world, did not appear on the list for most-searched golfers of the year.
Although golfers like McIlroy and Collin Morikawa appeared on the list at least once – in either first, second or third place, depending on the state – Scheffler was not once placed anywhere. For context, McIlroy, the No. 3-ranked golfer in the world, was the third-most searched golfer in 23 states.
