{"id":232152,"date":"2025-10-17T19:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232152\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:09:06","slug":"caitlin-clark-injury-annika-pro-am-first-public-event-for-fever-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232152\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark injury, Annika Pro-Am first public event for Fever star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caitlin Clark<\/a> is returning to the golf course.<\/p>\n

Tournament officials announced Thursday that the Fever<\/a> star will participate in The ANNIKA Pro-Am<\/a> for the second straight season, joining LPGA players Nelly Korda and Annika Sorenstam at Pelican Golf Couse in Tampa, Florida, on Nov. 12.<\/p>\n

The event, which is the penultimate LGPA competition of the season and open to the public, is hosted by Sorenstam and sponsored by Gainbridge. One of Clark\u2019s many sponsorships<\/a> includes being a Gainbridge ambassador, which is also the namesake of the Fever’s<\/a> arena.<\/p>\n

\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 Clark said. \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

The Fever star has long been an avid golfer, playing the low-contact sport around Indianapolis and the country in the WNBA offseason. She also participated in the pro-am alongside Korda and Sorenstam in November 2024.<\/p>\n

\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. \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

This will be the first time Clark plays a sport publicly since July 15, when she suffered a groin injury that, along with a left ankle sprain Aug. 7, ended her season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clark had a bad injury bug, with various injuries limiting the 2024 Rookie of the Year to just 13 games in her second season. She averaged 16.5 points, 5 rebounds and 8.8 assists in 2025.<\/p>\n

While Clark isn\u2019t planning on playing in any offseason leagues like 5-on-5 Athletes Unlimited or 3-on-3 Unrivaled, she is dedicating her offseason to getting back to full strength. She will still get an ample amount of practice preseason, too, as she\u2019s hoping to join USA Basketball for a World Cup qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico in March.<\/p>\n

Chloe Peterson is the Indiana Fever beat reporter for IndyStar. Reach her at capeterson@gannett.com or follow her on X at\u00a0@chloepeterson67<\/a>.\u00a0Get IndyStar’s Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark coverage sent directly to your inbox with our\u00a0Caitlin Clark Fever newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark is returning to the golf course. Tournament officials announced Thursday that the Fever star will participate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[182,48863,1760,48864,13710,14805,15911,4129,664,427,10719,2652,2839,43272,15903,43271,2729,3,13470,13471,15902,5573,99,2415,13546,13717,6072,48871,1765],"class_list":["post-232152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ai","tag-caitlin","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-clark","tag-enabled","tag-exclude","tag-exclude-from-paywall-logic-testing","tag-fever","tag-from","tag-golf","tag-highlights","tag-indiana","tag-indiana-fever","tag-korda","tag-logic","tag-nelly","tag-nelly-korda","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-paywall","tag-positive","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-story","tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","tag-testing","tag-womens","tag-womens-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}