MASTERS: Golf WAG Lilia Schneider is newest Paige Spiranac challenger

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Think the action at the Masters will be cooking?

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The competition is just as stiff when it comes to the growing gaggle of golf influencers all targeting queen bee Paige Spiranac.

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The latest to throw their hat into the ring is Lilia Schneider, the reputed gal pal of LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau. And if Spiranac’s past comments about her man are any indication, it could get personal.

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Schneider, 20, is a golfer in her sophomore year at Marian University in Indianapolis and a fast-rising social media star. She hooked up with DeChambeau, 29, late last year after his relationship with Hunter Nugent went south.

Spiranac has in the past slammed DeChambeau, the 2020 US Open champion, who leaped LIV Golf last year.

“Tweets about Bryson are funny,” Spiranac said before last year’s Masters. “It’s always, yes, he’s annoying and weird but he’s good at golf. It’s never just something nice.

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“Bryson gets a lot of s*** and kind of deservedly.”

But Schneider appears to be ripping a Paige from the Spiranac playbook. Most recently, she posted a snapshot of herself in a tiny bikini.

She captioned the photo: “The ocean has my heart and I guess my hair too…”

One fan clapped: “Paige has competition now”.

Now, Outkick Sports is predicting that Schneider is slated to be the “next great golf influencer”. Still with 50,000 Instagram followers and growing, Schneider has a long way to go to catch up to Spiranac’s 3.7 million followers and Grace Charis’ one million-strong army.

Meanwhile, Spiranac blasted a troll on TikTok after the critic slammed the ensemble she wore in a video demonstrating her swing.

The sexist troll wrote: “This is so insulting to men. Don’t toy with our love of golf. You’re beautiful, yes. But you don’t need to be overt. Dress proper and u’d still be hot.”

Well! Clad in a bikini, Spiranac fired back.

She wrote:  “So what I’m gathering is you hate boobs. But everyone loves boobs, boobs are great.”

Last month, she told another wag not to take things too seriously: “There’s a lot going on in the world that should bother you and offend you. Boobs ain’t one of them.”

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