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Caitlin Clark spent part of his offseason on the golf course, teaming up with Nelly Korda and Annika Sorenstam in a Pro-Am at the Pelican Golf Club in November.
The Indiana Fever star played the first nine with Korda and the nine rear with Sorenstam. Clark joked after the team was eliminated from the playoffs that she would take golf course – and probably did not expect to take the journey with a legend like Sorenstam.
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Caitlin Clark hits a golf ball during the John Deere Classic Pro-Am on July 5, 2023 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. (Elizabeth Pruitt / Quad City Times via AP)
In a recent interview with PK Press Club Digital, Sorenstam remembers having played with Clark on the golf course and said that she was a “big fan” after meeting the young basketball player.
“It’s great, obviously, I’m a big fan, and a big fan after having met her and spending time, a very concentrated big athlete, understands when you have a task to do it,” she said. “Obviously, she has a small golf bottom, so she knows sport and understands it to have culture and have a little tradition.
“No, it’s great to bring new people into sport, to excite us and to walk and share stories. To be anything, I was at university, I was a professional, how to do this or that, working, there are a lot of things we have in common. It is always fun to listen to a successful way or people to choose their brands.
Annika Sorenstam, on the left, and the Indiana Caitlin Clark fever goalkeeper celebrate after a shot during the Annika golf tournament at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleaur, Florida, November 13, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn images)
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Clark said at a leadership summit linked to the pro-Am in November that she tries to practice as much as she could.
“I tried to take as much time as possible to practice, but there is only so much hope. You just cross your fingers, pray,” she said at the time. “No, I practiced a little and I just had the quote to become a professional golfer. Everyone thought I was serious. I was not serious. I love it. I love being outside and making it competitive with my friends.
“It’s difficult and getting here and being the best and having a good time, that’s what I’m looking forward to.”
The Indiana Caitlin Clark fever goalkeeper, on the left, welcomes Annika Sorenstam after the Annika Pro-Am golf tournament at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleaur, Florida, November 13, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn images)
Sorenstam is about to participate in the American Century championship, which takes place at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club next month. The festivities start on July 9 and take place until July 13.
