On Tuesday, the Professional Golf Association’s Barclays tournament kicks off at Bethpage Black on Long Island — and it might be hard to keep your eye on the ball. Several of the players have sexy significant others who will likely be steaming up the green. Get a load of six of the tour’s hottest plus-ones.
Paulina Gretzky
Fiancée of Dustin Johnson
When Johnson won the US Open in June, his fiancée — the daughter of hockey great Wayne Gretzky — stole the spotlight as cameras focused on the very pert rear view of her very short dress. A star was born.
Golf’s most photographed couple met in 2011 at a dinner arranged by her mother, actress Janet Jones. Unaware of who she was about to meet, Gretzky, 27, says she showed up looking like a “ragamuffin . . . and here’s this really cute guy.”
The couple have a 19-month-old son, Tatum (far right, with Johnson), and the golfer has hinted they will marry this year.
Victoria “Tori” Slater
Girlfriend of Daniel Berger
Berger hasn’t yet won a PGA tournament, but fans say the 2015 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year has hit the jackpot with Slater, who has sent golf fans into a tizzy with her bikini Instagram snaps. The lithe blonde from Jupiter, Fla., is studying marketing at Florida Atlantic University, but seems to hobnob better than your average coed: In February, she and Berger posed on a Los Angeles golf course with Mark Wahlberg.
Ellie Day
Wife of Jason Day
Golf is not a contact sport, but Ellie managed to get into the action at a Cavaliers home game in December, when LeBron James was chasing a loose ball and fell over her as she sat courtside. The 30-year-old was taken away on a stretcher and had concussion-like symptoms, but quickly released a good-natured statement: “He was just doing his job. Go Cavs.’’
Ellie met her Australian hubby in 2005 while she was waiting tables at a restaurant in her Ohio hometown, but they didn’t start dating until they ran into each other a few years later. Now based in Ohio, the couple married in 2009. But before Jason started raking in big bucks on tour, the two — who have son Dash, 4, and daughter Lucy, 9 months — traveled to tournaments in an RV.
Annie Verret
Girlfriend of Jordan Spieth
When Spieth won the 2015 Masters, he and Verret — his high-school sweetheart from their hometown of Dallas — became instant golf-world darlings. While Spieth played golf at the University of Texas, the pretty brunette, now 23, was busy making dean’s list at Texas Tech, where she majored in business. They have a shared love of the game: She currently works as an event coordinator at the First Tee of Greater Dallas, which introduces underprivileged kids to golf. Unlike most other golf WAGs, Verret keeps her social-media accounts private.
Lauren Barr
Girlfriend of Rickie Fowler
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Back in January, it was reported that Fowler had called it quits with his model girlfriend, Alexis Randock, and taken up with Barr, a contestant on Season 20 of “The Bachelor.” The pretty 25-year-old fashion buyer made headlines on the ABC franchise when she refused a rose from suitor Ben Higgins and decided to depart the show of her own accord. According to Instagram, Barr — who graduated from Oklahoma State in 2013 — spends much of her time posing with bikini-clad pals and modeling her latest clothing purchases.
Suzanne Stonebarger
Wife of Ricky Barnes
Before she was Mrs. Ricky Barnes, Stonebarger was one half of the pro volleyball duo “Team Gorgeous.” The sexy pair lived up to their name, posing nude for Playboy in 2009. A California native, Stonebarger, now 36, played volleyball at the University of Nevada, Reno. In 2010, she married Barnes after he popped the question during a wine tasting in Napa. The couple live in Arizona with kids Brady and Natalie.