{"id":217635,"date":"2025-10-16T15:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/217635\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:54:08","slug":"wnba-phenom-caitlin-clark-set-to-participate-in-the-annika-pro-am-tournament-on-the-lpga-tour-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/217635\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark set to participate in The Annika pro-am tournament on the LPGA Tour in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana Fever <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/article\/caitlin-clark-is-out-for-the-season-her-injury-highlights-a-bigger-wnba-problem-143719300.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:guard Caitlin Clark plans;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guard Caitlin Clark plans <\/a>to attend another LPGA Tour event this year after enjoying her time at The Annika last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Fever\u2019s All-Star guard will participate in the LPGA Tour pro-am event at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, Nov. 12-16, tournament officials announced on Thursday. World Golf and LPGA Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sorenstam will host The Annika tournament. It is the final full-field, regular-season event of the 2025 campaign, which includes a $3.25 million purse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had an amazing time at The Annika last November and participating in the pro-am alongside Nelly Korda and Annika Sorenstam, two of the best in the game,\u201d <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6721102\/2025\/10\/16\/caitlin-clark-lpga-pro-am-the-annika\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=twhq&amp;source=twitterhq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Clark said in a statement;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Clark said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m honored to be an ambassador for a company in Gainbridge that is so committed to elevating women\u2019s sports. I can\u2019t wait to return to Tampa in November to play in the Pro-Am with the best women golfers in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Clark\u2019s second <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/realistic-timeline-caitlin-clark-injury-235440275.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:WNBA season ended early after just 13 games due to a groin injury;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WNBA season ended early after just 13 games due to a groin injury<\/a> (among others she dealt with) suffered on July 15. The Fever had just finished winning three consecutive games when Clark went down, still finishing the season 24-20, and making the postseason with their star sidelined. Fans of Clark and the WNBA will be excited to see her back in action, even if it isn\u2019t on the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an honor to play in the pro-am with Caitlin last year. The crowds were amazing, and we are excited for her return to The Annika in November,\u201d Sorenstam said in a statement. \u201cShe added such a great dynamic to our event, and her passion for golf and competitiveness were fun to witness firsthand. I look forward to having her back and continuing to introduce the great game of golf to the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>While Clark\u2019s 2025 season ended prematurely, she was still named to her second consecutive All-Star team, as she averaged 16.5 points, 8.8 assists (career high), 5 rebounds, and 1.6 steals (career high).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark plans to attend another LPGA Tour event this year after enjoying her time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[47917,49,735,48,2803,82602,105104,82,105103,105102,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-217635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-annika-sorenstam","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-caitlin-clark","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-indiana-fever","13":"tag-lpga-tour","14":"tag-pelican-golf-club","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-the-annika","17":"tag-tournament-officials","18":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}