Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark will take her talents to the golf course on Wednesday when she tees it up in the pro-am at the LPGA’s upcoming tournament, The ANNIKA. Clark is set to tee off Wednesday morning, and will play with world No. 1 Nelly Korda on the front nine and tournament host Annika Sorenstam on the back nine.
Prior to hitting the links, Clark participated in the tournament’s Women’s Leadership Summit on Tuesday. There, she discussed a number of topics, including her main goal for Wednesday, which is pretty basic:
“I just don’t want to hit anyone with a golf ball,” Clark said. “That is my No. 1 priority.”
Clark, who joked about becoming a professional golfer during the offseason, described herself as an “average” player with a handicap of 16. “I can get in the mid-80s, if I’m lucky, but usually I’m just praying to break 100,” Clark said. Since the WNBA season ended, she has been practicing and working with a coach in Indianapolis in anticipation of the big day.
She admitted that she’ll probably be “nervous” on Wednesday, in part because she’ll be playing a course that she’s never walked.
“I haven’t even seen it,” Clark said of the course, which checks in at 6,349 yards, and has…
