Before she even struck a shot Wednesday morning she was showing off the shiny gold soles on the bottom of her custom Nike Infinity Tour 2 shoes. Gold soft spikes? It seemed only fitting for the WNBA megastar, who warmed up as the sun rose at Pelican Golf Club.

A month before Clark played in the pro-am, she wore a custom pair of Nike shoes while playing golf and the internet was buzzing. That pair was also a Nike Infinity Tour 2, but the aesthetic of the pair she wore that day was completely different than what she wore while playing with Nelly Korda and Annika Sorenstam in the LPGA pro-am.

She was there to talk about her decision to walk away from full-time competition, but she stayed late so that WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark could sign the basketball for her young daughters. “I’m just,