Queens of Instagram: Paige Spiranac, Michelle Wie, Lexi Thompson tops among women golfers

Powered by tens of thousands of male fans, curvaceous American golfer Paige Spiranac rules Instagram with more than a million followers anticipating her every new post.

Following Spiranac among the women of golf in terms of Instagram popularity are US Open champion Michelle Wie and rising LPGA Tour star Lexi Thompson. In constructing our top ten we eschewed women who’s primary occupation is anything other than actually playing golf (like, golf broadcasters Elise Lobb, Holly Sonders).

UPDATED: December 9, 2017

A post shared by Belen Mozo (@belenmozo) on Apr 15, 2017 at 6:25pm PDT

Belén Mozo
Born September 25, 1988 📍 Cadiz, Spain
Instagram followers: 72.7 thousand

A post shared by Jessica Korda (@thejessicakorda) on Jul 16, 2017 at 6:40pm PDT

Jessica Korda
Born February 27, 1993 📍 Bradenton, Florida
Instagram followers: 82.7 thousand

A post shared by Lydia Ko (@lydsko) on Jul 7, 2017 at 12:28pm PDT

Bo-Gyung “Lydia” Ko
Born April 24, 1997 📍 Seoul, South Korea
Instagram followers: 111 thousand

A post shared by Cheyenne Woods (@cheyenne_woods) on Nov 2, 2017 at 7:40am PDT

Cheyenne Nicole Woods
Born July 25, 1990 📍 Phoenix, Arizona
Instagram followers: 121 thousand

A post shared by Paula Creamer Heath (@paulacreamer1) on Oct 24, 2017 at 9:09am PDT

Paula Caroline Creamer
Born August 5, 1986 📍 Mountain View, California
Instagram followers: 140 thousand

A post shared by Natalie Gulbis (@nataliegulbis) on Mar 31, 2017 at 8:48am PDT

Natalie Anne Gulbis
Born January 7, 1983 📍 Sacramento, California
Instagram followers: 163 thousand

A post shared by Blair O'Neal (@blaironealgolf) on Aug 15, 2017 at 7:25am PDT

Blair O’Neal
Born May 14, 1981 📍 Macomb, Illinois
Instagram followers: 234 thousand

A post shared by Lexi Thompson (@lexi) on Jul 28, 2017 at 7:22am PDT

Alexis Thompson
Born February 10, 1995 📍 Coral Springs, Florida
Instagram followers: 321 thousand

A post shared by Michelle Wie (@themichellewie) on Aug 11, 2017 at 5:00am PDT

Michelle Sung Wie
Born October 11, 1989 📍 Honolulu, Hawaii
Instagram followers: 394 thousand

A post shared by Paige Spiranac (@_paige.renee) on Mar 22, 2017 at 6:26pm PDT

Paige Renee Spiranac
Born March 26, 1993 📍 Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Instagram followers: 1.2 million