Caitlin Clark wants to play golf and the LPGA is on board

Caitlin Clark's historic first season in the WNBA has come to an end, marking a remarkable year for America's newest sports heroine. Carrying your college team to the NCAA title game and your professional team to the playoffs while serving as a gateway to a whole new wave of fans is quite a burden, and it's no surprise that Clark is exhausted.

When asked about her plans for the offseason, Clark gave an interesting answer. “I don’t know what I’m going to do tomorrow, I don’t know what I’m going to do the next day,” Clark said after the Fever were eliminated from the playoffs. “Maybe play a little golf. I'll do this until it gets too cold in Indiana. So I did it. I’m going to be a professional golfer.”

She was kidding… wasn't she? Surely even the ultra-competitive, athletically gifted Caitlin Clark can't play golf in an off-season…right?

Clark gained a key ally in her quest to reach the links: the LPGA, which was happy to respond to Clark's wishes on Thursday.

The LPGA has enjoyed two runs of dominance this season, one from Nelly Korda and a more recent one from Lydia Ko, but hasn't been able to translate that into a breakthrough like the WNBA did with Clark. Thanks to Clark, Indiana Fever's arenas regularly sold out and attracted millions of spectators; The LPGA would love to get a little of that kind of good PR boost.

Now no one seriously believes that Clark could become a professional golfer in the next few months; This is all just fun. There are plenty of basketball players who are good golfers (Steph Curry), halfway good golfers (Michael Jordan) and, well, others (Charles Barkley), but the gap between professional golf and other sports is wide and unbridgeable. But hey, if Clark can change the trajectory of an entire sport in just one season, you never know…