‘Masters girl’ Aaliyah Kikumoto wins more fans by showing off her golf skills on TikTok from the driving range – after cheerleader went viral when she was caught on camera watching Jon Rahm at Augusta
- A clip of Aaliyah Kikumoto, 19, in the crowd at the Masters recently went viral
- Now, she has shown she knows a thing or two about playing the game
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The ‘Masters girl’ who shot to fame when she was caught on camera at Augusta has shown off her impressive swing with a video from a driving range.
Aaliyah Kikumoto shared a video on her TikTok page titled ‘some clips from the other day’ and the array of fans she’s gained from her brief television appearance were impressed.
‘I’m hell surprised,’ one user wrote. I thought you just went to watch. You CAN genuinely play.
‘That swing is fundamentally something any coach would be happy to work with.’
Another follower simply put: ‘Masters girl can SWING IT’.
Aaliyah Kikumoto has won more admirers after showing off her golf swing on TikTok
Kikumoto’s rise began on April 9 when she briefly appeared in television coverage of the Masters, standing behind golfers John Rahm – the eventual winner – and Brooks Koepka.
As she watched the two in action at Augusta National, the camera’s field of view lingered on her face long enough for somebody to record a short video, and for that to go viral.
It was TikTok account DoubleBogeys that uploaded the initial clip of Kikumoto. They posted a short clip of her with the caption: ‘Somehow I feel in love with someone I only saw for 15 seconds.’
And five days of her appearance at the Masters, Kikumoto’s new modeling deal with BSX media was announced with accompanying photos that were taken before her moment of television fame.
The 19-year-old is also a cheerleader at Texas Tech. She has nearly 50,000 TikTok followers thanks to Augusta, a rise of more than 40,000.
The 19-year-old Kikumoto went viral when she was caught on camera at The Masters
As well as her interest in golf, Kikumoto is also a cheerleader at Texas Tech