Caitlin Clark will tee off in November in a Pro-Am tournament alongside Annika Sorenstam – but she won’t be able to win any prize money.
This is down to the United States Golf Association (USGA) rulebook, as per section three: “An amateur playing in a scratch competition is allowed to accept any prize, including prize money, up to a limit of £700 or US$1000 in value, per competition, unless the national governing body has set a lower limit.”
The rule made headlines earlier this year when it prevented 20-year-old University student Nick Dunlap from claiming the £1.15m ($1.5m) prize for winning the American Express event on the PGA Tour.
Meanwhile, during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am event last year, Essentially Sports reported that all 37 celebrities that took part in the tournament donated any money they received to charitable sources.
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