Social butterfly

It took a little time for Claire Rogers to develop a love for golf. Courtesy Claire Rogers

Claire Rogers took a major turn in her career path, going from aspiring child psychologist to running social media for a golf outlet. Along the way, she has emerged as one of the golf community’s most entertaining voices.

It took a bit of bravery from the psychology major out of Boston College to contact the magazine she had been a fan of for years, Golf Digest. Now at Golf.com, she’s working one of the most creative, fulfilling jobs she could ask for, traveling to golf tournaments and meeting people from all over the world.

Like most kids, Rogers wasn’t hooked on golf right away.

“We had junior golf every Tuesday morning growing up. I would walk to the course right across the street, and I hated it because we had to be there at 8 a.m,” Rogers recalled with a laugh.

Not to mention, the male-to-female ratio was skewed.

“It was a pret...