Caitlin Clark’s Fame Forces Golf Tournament Organizers to Construct ‘Autograph Alley’

There is a reason why every basketball fan, or even sports fans in general, want to see and meet Caitlin Clark. The WNBA superstar’s on-court swagger and a humble, everyday-girl persona off the court have connected with them. No wonder they flocked to Indiana Fever games even when she was out injured for most of last season. They were there wherever the team played, lining up before and after games for autographs and pictures. The same fandom was evident whenever she was a guest at an event. Then, when she decided to participate in last year’s The Annika Pro-Am golf tournament, the sports world caught a glimpse of what her fan following was truly like. Many described it as Tiger Woods-esque, with thousands of fans lining up at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. Pictures of hordes of fans surrounding the point guard were splashed on the sports pages of every major publication. Those incidents led the organizers of The Annika to be creative in ways to handle the crowd. This time, they set up an ‘AutogRead More