It’s been a minute since we have seen Caitlin Clark play. Fans will get a chance on Wednesday, Nov. 12 albeit on the golf course and not the basketball court. The Indiana Fever All-Star will play in the The Annika Pro-Am for the second consecutive year.
‘She added so much excitement to the tournament,’ Annika Sorenstam told NBC Sports. ‘We had a lot of people come out, they were standing on the first tee at 7 am. waiting for her to see that first shot.
‘She loves the game of golf, and I’m so glad that she wanted to come back because, you know, it brings more people to the game, brings more people to the tournament, and that’s really what we’re looking for.’
Clark played in 13 games in her second season in the WNBA due to a series of soft tissue injuries. She last played on July 15, right before the All-Star break, injuring her right groin. She was on the bench as the Fever advanced to the WNBA semifinals. The league is in the midst of negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement.
Indiana Fever teammates Sophie Cunningham and Lexie Hull will caddy for Clark at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. Clark will play with Nelly Korda, as she did last year, for the first nine holes on Wednesday and with sponsor invite Lauryn Nguyen for the second nine.
‘We just didn’t really know what to expect last year, and I think the response was very positive,’ Sorenstam said. ‘Now we’re trying to make sure that everybody gets a piece of it and also that (Clark) can enjoy it and feel like she’s having a good time.
‘We have so many young girls out there on that Wednesday just wanting to sign, you know, an autograph where they brought you, basketball or a hat or something. It was just nice to see a new demographic enter the golf course.’
“Golf Today” will have live action, highlights and an interview with Clark during its Wednesday coverage, which begins at 11 a.m. ET.