Caitlin Clark’s rookie campaign with the Indiana Fever is officially over, and in the aftermath of the end of their season, the star rookie made it clear she was going to be taking a bit of a break from basketball.

When you consider how Clark pretty much went straight from playing in March Madness with the Iowa Hawkeyes to playing in the WNBA, it makes sense as to why she’s looking forward to resting up over the next few months.

In her downtime, Clark joked that she may look to become a professional golfer over the offseason. As she said last month, tongue in cheek, “That’s what I’m gonna do until it gets too cold in Indiana. So I’ve got that, become a professional golfer.”

Many fans laughed off that suggestion, but Clark’s latest post on her Instagram story indicates that, hey, anything’s possible.

OK, well not really possible. Clark has athletic gifts, but becoming a professional golfer would be a stretch.

Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever© Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Of course, golf will only be Clark’s focus for a short while. She did not become the best young player in the WNBA by taking it easy during her offseasons. She put on eight pounds, she said, to prepare for the physical grind of the NCAA season and the WNBA season that followed.

Her high school coach, Kristin Meyer, told Slam magazine that Clark is no stranger to hard work. “Caitlin, she’s just fearless and she is confident and she is bold and she is brave and courageous,” Meyer said. “It took those natural skills, with the work ethic [she’s built], and to have the courage to just play big.”

But if she golfs enough this offseason, who knows, maybe Clark could enjoy a second career as a professional golfer once her WNBA career comes to an end.

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