Golf legend Annika Sorenstam credits Caitlin Clark with bringing a new demographic to women's golf

While immoderate successful the WNBA whitethorn not admit it, LPGA fable Annika Sorenstam surely does: Caitlin Clark is large for women’s sports.

In a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital, Sorenstam talked astir however Clark has helped bring a caller demographic into golf.

"She's evidently precise popular. She brings a caller demographic to the game, and erstwhile she's determination playing the pro-am, I mean we person a batch of radical attending and wanting her autograph. Following her and each shot, and she's conscionable large for women's sports and we emotion to person her a portion of it," Sorenstam told Fox News Digital.

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Former nonrecreational golfer Annika Sorenstam and nonrecreational hoops subordinate Caitlin Clark airs for a photograph anterior to The Annika driven by Gainbridge astatine Pelican 2025 astatine Pelican Golf Club successful Belleair, Florida, connected Nov. 12, 2025. (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

Sorenstam is playing successful the American Century Championship connected Friday and is 1 of the contenders to triumph the tournament. Clark cannot play successful the personage play tourney due to the fact that of the WNBA schedule, but believes Clark would bash well.

Clark has played successful the ANNIKA Pro-Am, and Sorenstam has been impressed with her game.

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Annika Sorenstam looks connected from the seventh greenish during the archetypal circular of the 2026 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions astatine Lake Nona Golf & Country Club successful Orlando, Florida, connected Jan. 29, 2026. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

"I deliberation she would bash rather good (at the American Century Championship.) I mean, she's rather an athlete, arsenic you know. That's benignant of stating the obvious. But she loves golf. She's played play for galore years, and I cognize each clip she gets a chance, she goes to the course," Sorenstam told Fox News Digital.

Sorenstam is 1 of the favorites to triumph the tournament. Sorenstam, who won 72 LPGA Tour tournaments, including 10 majors, during her illustrious career, volition rise consciousness for the Annika Foundation.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) greets Annika Sorenstam aft the The Annika play tourney pro-am astatine Pelican Golf Club successful Belleair, Florida, connected Nov. 13, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

"We effort to empower and beforehand young women done the crippled of golf, but besides successful life, antithetic beingness skills, and it's been truly rewarding and satisfying to spot however acold women's play has travel and however galore of these young women are pursuing their dreams. It's been a batch of fun, and conscionable watching the quality we're making successful these young women's life," Sorenstam said.

With the Stableford scoring format, Sorenstam talked astir needing to beryllium much aggressive, and prosecute much birdies and eagles. The tourney volition beryllium broadcast connected NBC and Peacock.