Golf’s Bri Teresi would say no to ‘woke’ SI Swimsuit Issue

Bri Teresi might look perfectly at home on the links, but the golf influencer has only been playing the sport for three years.

During the Covid lockdown in 2020, a family friend suggested that the longtime model take some photos at a nearby golf course in California. 

The subsequent golf content of Bri in a tight yellow crop top and short white pleated skirt posing on the fairway — with the caption, “Looking for a caddie” — received over 11,000 likes on Instagram and caught the attention of the boxer Canelo Alvarez, who invited the stunner to participate in a golf showcase he was producing.

The only problem? Bri didn’t know how to putt. “I doubled down on golf lessons,” the 28-year-old recalled. “I flew out to San Diego for the show, and I was the only person who couldn’t really golf. It was very intimidating.”

Since then, Bri has immersed herself in the popular sport, regularly taking lessons and playing nearly every day.

Today, she has a 12 handicap, and boasts 1.5 million followers on Instagram, 331,000 on TikTok and 1 million on X, formerly known as Twitter. 

“For me, coming from the modeling world and also the influencer world, I’ve been able to take two skills I have and put them together with golf,” she said.

Teresi credits the upswing in her Instagram account to when she started sharing sexy, sporty content.

“I always had a big following on Instagram,” she said. “But, let’s be honest, when somebody is combining cute little outfits and golf, it’s going to get attention.”

The golf influencer category was, of course, pioneered by Paige Spiranac, who played in college and started showing more skin on the green around 2017. Spiranac now boasts 3.9 million followers on Instagram, but Teresi doesn’t see a rivalry between the two.

“I’ve never met Paige before,” she said. “We are both passionate about golf. We both have similar styles, but we post different types of content.”

Teresi has kept her fans invested — and forged partnerships with brands such Puma Golf, Lucky In Love and Callaway — by sharing both the good and the awkward moments on the green. She finds putting the most challenging part of the game.

“The past couple of weeks I’ve been struggling a little golf wise, and I posted a video on Twitter being honest about it,” she said. “Golf is really hard, and you might feel on top of the world one week and the next week you’re not. Sharing this makes you a little bit more vulnerable.”

Her right-of-center political beliefs also make her relatable to many golfers.

She aired her conservative views this past April in a now viral post on Instagram that saw her shooting up Bud Light, Tampax and Honey Birdette products with a AR-15 while clad in an American flag bikini top and jean shorts. The stunt was a reaction to Bud Light working with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney and was captioned “Go Woke Go Broke.”

For the setup, the pro-gun influencer used a shooting range in South Florida, where she now lives. Teresi trains with a group of former special forces team members from Israel. Although she’s adept with the AR-15, she prefers handguns and is also learning archery.

“I was pretty much canceled by Hollywood after [the video],” Bri acknowledged. “But I’m totally fine with it. I have social media and I live in Florida now, so life’s good. I don’t need to be in Hollywood.”

Clearly, Teresi won’t be promoting Honey Birdette anytime soon.

“They had the audacity to say they never worked with me,” the model said, pointing out that she had posted pictures on her Instagram for several years wearing lingerie the brand provided her. “They denied all our email exchanges over the past three or four years, denying all the photographers that they had shoot me. And I was just like, ‘I’m done with these people.’”

The brand told Fox News that “While Honey Birdette occasionally sends lingerie as gifts to influencers and celebrities, we have never contracted this person as a model, brand partner, or anything involving a formal agreement. Since inception, Honey Birdette has always supported the LGBTQ+ community and empowering women, and we disagree with anyone attacking our inclusive values.”

Teresi, meanwhile, has gone her own way. She claims to have over 50,000 followers on OnlyFans, 10,000 of which pay her monthly $19.97 subscription fee. Neither account features nudity, but she does host exclusive livestreams several times a week for her subscribers.

“Some people think OnlyFans has a negative connotation, but when I took a stand last April, a lot of people subscribed to my OnlyFans because they value how I’ve taken a stand against the woke mob,” the fiery influencer said. “When I first started all this, people were really judgmental … And now it’s like, ‘Oh, how did you do this?’ And that’s how it always is with people.” 

The Auburn, California, native credits her tight-knit family — especially her mother — with giving her the foundation to soar.

“My mom has always been my biggest supporter and she’s always told me, own who you are,” Teresi said. “Don’t doubt yourself. Walk in the room with your head up and shoulders back.”

Teresi grew up the middle child in the small town in Northern California. Her older brother, Ryan, manages a trucking company and her younger sister, Katie, transitioned from modeling to studying holistic medicine. 

In high school, Bri played soccer and volleyball and participated in the Speech & Debate team in the hopes of becoming a lawyer. She was always interested in modeling, but her parents wouldn’t allow it until she was 18. 

“I started getting opportunities in the San Francisco area, and once that took off, I was at a crossroads,” Teresi said. “I could either stay in college and go to law school or I could take advantage of these opportunities. So, I moved to LA, started modeling and the rest is history.”

She left San Jose State, where she had been studying for two years, and finished college online, graduating from Liberty University with a degree in political science.

At the moment, Teresi is single, focused on her career and waiting for her Mr. Right. Acknowledging that many men can be intimidated by her social media stardom, she said, “I’ve dated guys in the past that were completely fine with what I do for a living, but they weren’t Mr. Right. I’m never one to push a relationship if I don’t feel a hundred percent about it.”

These days, Teresi spends winters in her adopted hometown of Fort Lauderdale playing her favorite course—Trump Doral, naturally—and summers with her family in California, where she favors the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. 

Along with modeling, she has become a media darling of the right, appearing on podcasts and networks like the TheBlaze, NewsMax and FACTZ to discuss her views on gender identity and politics.  

But unlike most bikini babes she has no aspirations of being a part of the annual “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit” edition. According to her, the magazine’s more recent focus on inclusivity promotes “unhealthy beauty standards.”

“I don’t really think much of Sports Illustrated anymore,” Teresi said. “It’s a company that’s gone woke. I don’t think I would even be excited to do it.”

Instead, she values her ability to think, act and work independently.

“I believe that women can do everything,” the beauty said. “I’ve been successful in what I do. I’ve made a really good living for myself.”