{"id":294968,"date":"2025-11-16T10:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/294968\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T10:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:58:09","slug":"paige-bueckers-echoes-caitlin-clarks-offseason-move-thanks-to-diana-taurasis-post-retirement-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/294968\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers Echoes Caitlin Clark\u2019s Offseason Move Thanks to Diana Taurasi\u2019s Post-Retirement Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Just like last year, Caitlin Clark has traded the hardwood for the fairway. She\u2019s back on the LPGA Tour this week for the ANNIKA tournament at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, where three-time champion Nelly Korda will defend her title against some of the Tour\u2019s best. But CC isn\u2019t the only star making the move!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:16px;color:#3e3e3e\" class=\"new-heading_headline-text__HmpNk\">Watch What\u2019s Trending Now!<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Clark\u2019s appearance isn\u2019t just a cute offseason cameo anymore; it\u2019s a strategy. Her nine-hole round with Korda was broadcast live on Golf Channel and drew big galleries, including young girls in Fever No. 22 jerseys crowding the ropes. LPGA officials and Korda herself have talked about how Clark brings an entirely new audience to the course, essentially exporting the \u201cCaitlin Clark effect\u201d that shattered women\u2019s hoops ratings at Iowa into women\u2019s golf.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Even in a year where injuries limited her to just 13 WNBA games, her presence is still being used as a lever to grow other women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Paige Bueckers and others are joining in too. It all comes up as Whistle Sports brings new entertainment for spectators as several WNBA and NBA stars,\u00a0 both active and retired,\u00a0 hit the golf course as part of The Link.\u00a0\u201cDIANA TAURASI IS GOLFING WITH THE STARS \ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udfcc\ufe0f\u201d Whistle Sports announced on Instagram. <\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">The new show would feature Sofi Tukker, Sue Bird, Devin Booker, Paige Bueckers, Chris Paul, Reggie Bush, Kevin Garnett, and Karl Anthony Towns. All these stars would participate and try their hands on golf course as a part of \u201cLink\u201d with Diana Taurasi. The series will premiere its episode 1 on 17th November, Monday. \u201cAnd have a great time on the golf course with some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment,\u201d Taurasi shared in a video posted by Whistle Sports.<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Well, seeing Taurasi at the golf course isn\u2019t surprising. She\u2019s been playing the sport for 10 years. It had been a part of her post-retirement life too, as she likes to play golf with her son. \u201cI\u2019ve been getting a little bit better week by week\u2026 I started playing 10 years ago and then I had back surgery and it was put on the backburner,\u201d she shared last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">That\u2019s the whole point of this show for Taurasi. She officially retired in February 2025 after 20 seasons, bowing out as the WNBA\u2019s all-time leading scorer and a six-time Olympic gold medalist. She skipped the usual retirement tour because she didn\u2019t want to be distracted from Phoenix\u2019s season, then pivoted almost immediately into a quieter life of family vacations, Halloween plans with her kids, and yes, more time on the golf course. The Link is basically her first big statement project post-retirement \u2013 a way to stay fiercely competitive and visible without grinding through an 82-game schedule.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=essentiallysports.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"google-news-banner_description__LfT1E\">Read Top Stories First From EssentiallySports<\/p>\n<p class=\"google-news-banner_clickText__FXmC9\">Click here and check box next to EssentiallySports <\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">So Taursi leading the show makes sense. But it looks like it would be something really interesting. That\u2019s because featuring sports personalities in TV shows isn\u2019t new for Whistle Sports. The DAZN-owned brand is a media company focused on social-first, youth-oriented content that has produced over 50 original shows and generates more than a billion monthly views across social platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">For Whistle, this is right in their wheelhouse. The DAZN-owned brand has built a business on short-form, personality-driven content, claiming 50-plus original series and billions of monthly views across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. Their entire model is to follow athletes wherever Gen Z and Gen Alpha are watching, whether that\u2019s behind-the-scenes locker-room clips or a laid-back golf round. Pairing Taurasi, a freshly retired legend, with active stars like Booker and Bueckers lets them sell something bigger than a golf show it\u2019s women\u2019s basketball, NBA culture, and celebrity crossover rolled into one clickable format.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">They even handled sponsorship sales for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham. Their specialty is offering fans behind-the-scenes access to rising and elite athletes. So, yes, a big offseason move on the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Is it the first time for Paige to pick a golf club?<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Back in June 2024, Paige took time off her offseason schedule to play in a charity event. It came as Huskies joined the 21st Annual Geno for the Kids golf tournament, organized by the Connecticut Children\u2019s Pediatric Centre and head coach Geno Auriemma. And it marked the first time PB got into the greens.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">There\u2019s also a quieter layer here: both Clark and Paige Bueckers are coming off heavy injury histories. Clark\u2019s second WNBA season was cut down by nagging issues that limited her to 13 games, and she admitted she was nervous about even swinging a club in front of a crowd before reassuring reporters she now feels physically right again.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Paige Bueckers, meanwhile, fought through a torn ACL in college and hit another speed bump early in her rookie year when she had to enter concussion protocol. Golf gives both of them a low-impact way to stretch their brands, compete a little, and stay in front of cameras without putting more mileage on already-tested bodies.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dom-traversal_es-hyperlink-new__QGEoc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.staging.essentiallysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_20251007_105515-e1762452804842.jpg\/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=website_internal&amp;utm_campaign=web_link_1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img-tag-node-img-loader-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_20251007_105515-e1762452804842.jpg\" fetchpriority=\"low\" style=\"position:absolute;z-index:0;width:100%;height:100%\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"article-image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dom-traversal_domFigCaptionText__kuHmn\">Imago<\/p>\n<p class=\"dom-traversal_domFigCaptionText__kuHmn\" hidden=\"\">Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Held at the Hartford Golf Club in West Hartford, the event gave her a chance to show off her swing. She even posted a clip of her drive, writing, \u201cListen to that beauty.\u201d So yes,\u00a0 Paige has done this before. But this time she seems even more excited. In the teaser clip, she joked, \u201cYou had to get out before I came.\u201d Another challenge for Paige, and she\u2019s already embracing it.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\" class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">She\u2019s been unstoppable in her rookie year. In her first offseason, she\u2019s already inked a major deal with Fanatics to distribute her memorabilia. as an actor and executive producer for Jess &amp; Pearl, a women\u2019s basketball film in development at Apple Original Films. <a class=\"dom-traversal_es-hyperlink-new__QGEoc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/wnba-basketball-news-tom-brady-sends-nineteen-second-message-to-wnba-roty-paige-bueckers-after-fanatics-deal-announcement\/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=website_internal&amp;utm_campaign=web_link_1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">But is all of that enough?<\/a> Or is Paige already onto her next spotlight moment?<\/p>\n<p>Share this with a friend:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just like last year, Caitlin Clark has traded the hardwood for the fairway. 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