{"id":375275,"date":"2025-11-13T05:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T05:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/375275\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T05:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T05:48:13","slug":"sophie-cunningham-hits-awful-pro-am-tee-shot-caitlin-clark-lets-her-hear-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/375275\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham hits awful pro-am tee shot, Caitlin Clark lets her hear it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keep your head on a swivel when Sophie Cunningham has a golf club in her hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Fever star was helping caddy for her superstar teammate Cailtin Clark during The ANNIKA pro-am at Pelican Golf Club in Florida on Wednesday when she appeared to hit a fan with an errant shot, though it wasn\u2019t entirely clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham took a guest shot at the 10th tee box when she hit a low line drive tee toward the spectators lined up alongside the hole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After she hit her shot, a fan was lying on the ground, with Clark shouting, \u201cMan down, he\u2019s down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was all laughs and smiles, though as the broadcast picked up someone saying, \u201cYou didn\u2019t hit him,\u201d indicating the fan seemed to be playing up the moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham playfully jogged over to the man, who wore a dark-colored hat and a blue jacket,\u00a0to check on him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was standing back up by the time she reached him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) and guard Lexie Hull (10) look on as guard Caitlin Clark (22) plays in the Annika Pro-Am golf tournament at Pelican Golf Club. Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re hamming it up for the camera and for Sophie,\u201d a Golf Channel broadcaster said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham did give the man a hug when she reached him, presenting him with the golf ball she hit. They then posed for a photo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so sorry,\u201d Cunningham said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) (left) guard Lexie Hull (10) (center) and guard Caitlin Clark (22) (right) <br \/>share a laugh during the Annika Pro-Am golf tournament at Pelican Golf Club. Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Fever star Lexie Hull, who was also helping Clark caddie, also took a shot at the 10th hole, though hers wasn\u2019t nearly as chaotic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clark, who helped draw a large crowd to the event, was playing in the pro-am with LPGAer Nelly Korda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crazy,\u201d Korda said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/golf\/news\/caitlin-clark-injury-update-nelly-korda-the-annika-lpga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per CBS Sports<\/a>. \u201cThat first tee was something out of a book, almost. But it\u2019s so fun. It\u2019s cool to see how many people she brings together to another sport, and it\u2019s fun to hang out with her. She\u2019s super cool. We saw each other last week at an outing, and it\u2019s nice to be alongside greats; even her teammates are super fun. It\u2019s been a blast so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Cunningham\u2019s shot went awry.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Fever fan shouted at Cunningham and Hull that they both need to re-sign.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham: \u201cTell them to pay us,\u201d she said, referencing the WNBA and their ongoing CBA negotiations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cX5xmGtatG\">pic.twitter.com\/cX5xmGtatG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottAgness\/status\/1988626469153644955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In another notable moment on Wednesday, a Fever fan in attendance shouted toward Cunningham and Hull, encouraging them to re-sign with the team, Fieldhouse Files reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell them to pay us,\u201d Cunningham replied, alluding to the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/28\/sports\/wnba-offers-players-30-day-cba-extension-with-deadline-almost-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stalemate between the league and players<\/a> over a new CBA.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keep your head on a swivel when Sophie Cunningham has a golf club in her hands.\u00a0 The Fever&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":375276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[233,1430,234,40558,16091,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-375275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-caitlin-clark","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-indiana-fever","11":"tag-lpga","12":"tag-sophie-cunningham","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115540820234229543","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}