The golfing diva, Paige Spiranac, has always been a fan favorite, especially because of her unapologetic opinions and for always speaking her mind. Her massive 4 million followers on Instagram have even attracted impostors trying to capitalize on her popularity, and we have seen the star warn her fans about impostors time and again.But have you ever wondered how she rose to fame? The reality is that Spiranac's success didn't come overnight. As a former professional golfer, she faced numerous struggles during her career, ultimately leading to her retirement in 2016.Spiranac was "burned out" after not seeing any improvement in her game.But that was not the only issue and problems she experienced while pursuing success in her LPGA career.In a recent podcast appearance on "Quite Please!" hosted by Mel Reid and Kira Dixon, Spiranac revealed getting accused of doing 'sexual favors' during her professional golfing career."I played in college at San Diego State, and I was kind of having a weird relationship with the game of golf, and anyone who has played competitively has gone through this, where the lows are really low and mentally, for me, I just always really struggled with that," the 32-year-old shared."I always want to play professionally, but it just... I mentally, I couldn't handle it." It was her parents who urged Paige to give her dream career one more year.Interestingly, that was the exact time when the golfing diva "ended up going viral, and this was back when you know people weren't going viral all the time. So I didn't know how to handle it," she explained."And my whole life got flipped upside down, I went from having like 500 followers to 100,000 followers," the 2025 Creator Classic host revealed.She added, "I got this invite to play a LET event (Dubai Classic), and I had just turned pro, I had never played golf outside the country, and everyone's like, 'It's going to be low-key, don't worry about it.'"Sadly, then 22 Paige Spiranac missed the cut and had to appear for her first long press conference. "I show up and I 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 it was brutal, " she exposed."I mean, I'd go on the range, and girls would just scatter. No one wanted to sit next to me. There were constant comments of you know I did sexual favors to get this invite, and I was listening to it, and they would say in earshot of me, and it was tough!"Spiranac detailed showing up at the course with the latest Callaway bag, Lululemon attire, and such. That all helped build these false impressions of her.Later in the podcast, the professional also revealed how she tried to do anything 'to not wake up' after her first round at the Omega Dubai Ladies Classic in December 2015."I was already kind of dealing with, um, kind of personal issues out of college, where I was wrongly medicated. So they thought that I was suffering from depression, I actually had anxiety, and so the medication that they put me on made me depressed," the fan's favorite revealed."I was dealing with that while also put being in a new place, a new environment, with all of this pressure on me. And it was the night before the first round and I locked myself in the bathroom and I was trying to find anything I possibly could to not wake up the next morning."After going through such tough times, it is understandable why she left the game she loved the most.Spiranac has always been brutally honest about her mental health. Happily, she is in a better place now. "I have never felt more confident and secure and at peace with my life, both professionally and personally," she admitted in January 2025.More Golf: Scottie Scheffler Pitches Himself as Rory McIlroy's 'Motivation