American golf sensation Paige Spiranac has revealed that it is because of her honest mother she thought Santa Claus was for real. 

Spiranac and her co-host Amanda Rose spoke about their childhood on the  Playing-A-Round podcast recently. The revelation about Santa Claus left Rose stunned. “I fully believed my parents that Santa existed until I was about 15,” said Spiranac. Amanda replied: “I can so see you [doing that], oh my God.” Spiranac then explained: “I knew about the Easter bunny, tooth fairy all that. But Santa? Santa I believed in for a very, very long time. I remember I was six or seven and other kids were saying ‘you’re dumb, there’s no Santa’. And I’m saying no, I believe.”