Caitlin Clark entertains the crowds on the 2023 John Deere Traditional Professional-Am.
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The “Caitlin Clark Impact” is heading to the LPGA Tour.
Clark, the newly minted WNBA Rookie of the 12 months, has performed an enormous position within the rising recognition of ladies’s basketball, and girls’s sports activities as a complete, throughout her record-breaking school profession on the College of Iowa. The Iowa native gained nationwide participant of the 12 months honors twice on her strategy to changing into the NCAA Division I all-time main factors scorer.
The WNBA Finals are set to start this week, however Clark and the Indiana Fever received knocked out within the first spherical by the Connecticut Solar. Clark, an avid golfer, had beforehand stated she would spend lots of time on the golf course within the offseason.
By Mid-November, the climate may be too chilly for golf in Indiana, however there’s likelihood there will likely be excellent golf climate at Pelican Golf Membership in Belleair, Fla., the place Clark will tee it up at The Annika LPGA occasion.
On Monday, the LPGA introduced that Clark would participate within the Wednesday pro-am at The Annika, hosted by LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam, set to happen Nov. 13. Clark is a model ambassador for Gainbridge, which is the presenting sponsor of The Annika.
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“I like golf so the chance to play within the pro-am for a match with a legend like Annika Sorenstam’s identify on it’s so thrilling,” Clark stated in a press launch. “Gainbridge is a frontrunner in supporting girls’s sports activities and that’s clear by way of their dedication to me, this occasion, Billie Jean King, and Parity Week. I’m trying ahead to seeing all of the LPGA gamers on the driving vary, being a part of the Ladies’s Management Summit, and, in fact, teeing it up within the pro-am with Annika.”
Sorenstam additionally expressed her pleasure at Clark’s involvement within the match she hosts.
“I’ve been following Caitlin’s profession throughout school and now on the WNBA stage, and what she is doing to carry consideration to girls’s sports activities each on and off the court docket is excellent,” Sorenstam stated within the launch. “I’m excited to fulfill Caitlin and for her to affix us at Pelican Golf Membership in November in what will likely be an thrilling week for girls’s sports activities.”
However that’s not all Clark will likely be as much as at The Annika. She will even be a panelist on the Ladies’s Management Summit happening the evening earlier than the pro-am.
Clark does have some expertise enjoying in professional golf occasions. In 2023, she participated within the pro-am on the PGA Tour’s John Deere Traditional, enjoying alongside fellow Iowan Zach Johnson.
