Paige Spiranac, a prominent golf influencer, made a generous gesture following her performance at the Barstool Sports Internet Invitational. Spiranac earned winnings totaling an estimated $15,000 to $16,000. Instead of keeping the five-figure sum for herself, she decided to donate the funds to the Cody “Beef” Franke Foundation, according to Barstool’s Francis Ellis.
The charitable act came shortly after Spiranac found herself embroiled in a cheating scandal during the event. Ellis spoke about Spiranac’s generosity during Tuesday’s edition of the “Son of a Boy Dad” podcast.
Ellis noted that the accusations of foul play, which surfaced in the finale of the two-day invitational, led to Spiranac being “beaten up in the dark corridors of the internet.” He revealed, “I found out through a little birdie that when we all got paid our skins money from the second day, which was $15,000 or $16,000 each, Paige Spiranac donated all of her skins money to Beef’s family.”
Cody “Beef” Franke, who hosted Barstool’s “Fore Play” podcast, suffered an unspecified medical issue in October and later passed away. The donation was made in his honor.
The controversy arose after Spiranac arrived at the ninth hole, where she appeared to push down high grass in the rough. This action seemingly provided Malosi Togisala with the opportunity for a cleaner—and arguably easier—shot. A visibly emotional Spiranac later pushed back against claims that she touched the ball and clarified that she had no intention of creating any unfair advantage.
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