WNBA Rookie of the 12 months Caitlin Clark is setting apart her basketball shoes-temporarily-for a brand new problem on the golf course.
The Indiana Fever guard is gearing as much as take part in “The ANNIKA pushed by Gainbridge at Pelican,” an LPGA occasion held on the Pelican Golf Membership in Belleair, Florida, the place she’ll compete alongside a few of golf’s finest within the Professional-Am.
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Lilia Vu cannot wait to satisfy Caitlin Clark
Clark’s look marks an intriguing crossover for the athlete, recent from a standout rookie season.
Identified for her unbelievable performances on the court docket, Clark has embraced golf as an offseason interest, continuously sharing her ardour on social media.
Now, she’s taking it a step additional by taking part in in knowledgeable setting, bringing her aggressive spirit and star energy to the LPGA occasion, scheduled for Nov. 14-17.
The thrill for Clark’s participation is not restricted to her fans-LPGA Participant of the 12 months Lilia Vu shared a touching response when the information broke.
“When the information was introduced, I instantly turned to my mother and I am like, ‘Oh, my gosh, Caitlin Clark is coming to the Pelican,'”Vu informed Golf Digest.
“I assumed it was the best factor. Hopefully, I am fortunate sufficient to satisfy her on that Professional-Am day and hopefully run into her. It has been so cool to see all the pieces she’s executed. I believe she’s an amazing ambassador for girls’s sports activities and simply somebody you look as much as.”
Caitlin Clark, already an icon for girls’s sports activities
For Vu, the prospect to satisfy Clark highlights the rising connections between elite girls’s sports activities.
Each athletes have made vital impacts of their respective fields, and Clark’s participation within the occasion underscores her rising affect on this planet of ladies’s sports activities. It is a sentiment echoed in Clark’s personal enthusiasm.
“I like golf, so the chance to play within the Professional-Am for a match with a legend like Annika Sorenstam’s title on it’s so thrilling,”Clark stated.
“Gainbridge is a frontrunner in supporting girls’s sports activities, and that is clear by their dedication to me, this occasion, Billie Jean King, and Parity Week. I am wanting 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 Professional-Am with Annika.”
Clark’s schedule at Pelican contains serving as a panelist on the Ladies’s Management Summit on Nov. 12, adopted by her Professional-Am debut on Nov. 13, the place she’ll tee off amongst seasoned LPGA professionals.
Hosted by World Golf Corridor of Famer Annika Sorenstam, the ANNIKA occasion showcases high feminine golfers from world wide, competing for a portion of the $3.25 million purse.
