WAGS OF THE MASTERS: The women behind the golf superstars

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Golf has suddenly gotten sexy.

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Thanks to influencers like Paige Spiranac and Grace Charis, the heat factor on the fairways has never been hotter.

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This weekend the apex of the golf season, the Masters, unfolds in Augusta, Georgia. And besides the influencers, the wives and girlfriends of the country club set have never gotten more attention.

Here’s the leaderboard.

WHO: PAULINA GRETZKY

GOLFER: DUSTIN JOHNSON

411: The daughter of NHL great Wayne Gretzky is almost always at tourneys cheering on her LIV Golf rebel hubby. The 34-year-old model and influencer — famed for her racy photos — has been with Johnson since 2013 and the couple has two children together. After a loooong engagement, the pair were married in 2022.

FYI: The Great One tagged along on their first date.

WHO: JENA SIMS

GOLFER: BROOKS KOEPKA

411: Georgia Peach Sims, 34, and Koepka, 32, met at the 2015 Masters. She was a longtime golf fan who grew up watching and playing the sport. The pair became engaged in 2021 and made it official in June 2022. Prior to WAGdom, she was an actress and model. Like Gretzky, Sims is a frequent flier at golf events. “He’s so talented. It’s so much fun to watch him,” she gushed.

FYI: She starred in the Sharknado series and Attack of the 50-Foot Cheerleader.

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WHO: ERICA STOLL

GOLFER: RORY MCILROY

411: McIlroy likes to keep his private life just that and her Instagram account is private. The twosome met in 2012 when she was working for the PGA. They married at an Irish castle in 2017. McIlroy told the Daily Mail: “She has been a great influence on me and has brought such a great balance to my life.” They welcomed their first child, a daughter, in 2021.

FYI: Their wedding cost $300,000.

WHO: MEREDITH SCUDDER

GOLFER: SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER

411: The high school sweethearts — both 26 — got hitched in 2020 after dating for six years. Like McIllroy and his missus, this couple are low, low key and her Instagram page is set to private. He said: “Meredith obviously knows me better than anybody, being my wife,” he told Golf.com.

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FYI: Scudder works in the charitable sector raising money for cancer research.

WHO: ALLISON STOKKE

GOLFER: RICKIE FOWLER

411: The family that plays together, stays together. Stokke is a track and field star and started dating Fowler in 2017. He got down on a knee and proposed, posting on social media: “Today is National Best Friend Day so I wanted to lock mine down…I WON!!” The answer was yes. In addition to pole vaulting, she models for Nike and Athleta.

FYI: She has 683,000 Instagram followers and counting.

WHO: ANNIE VERRET

GOLFER: JORDAN SPIETH

411: Another case of high school sweethearts. The two 29-year-old Texans were married in 2018 and were joined by son Sammy in 2021. Verret is frequently seen at her husband’s side at big tournaments but keeps her social media profile low — and private.

FYI: Verret is an events coordinator for The First Tee of Greater Dallas — an organization that introduces underprivileged children to golf.

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GOLFER: TIGER WOODS

411: Well, now that the 15-time major winner following his sensational split from Erica Herman in October, the Tiger is once more on the prowl. She was general manager at a California country club before meeting Woods.

FYI: Herman, 38, alleges she suffered sexual abuse at his hands to void an NDA. She’s suing for $30 million.