Caitlin Clark accuses team-mate of being 'scared of her' and gets taunted in reply

has accused a team-mate of running 'scared' as the Indiana Fever star made her pro-am golf debut.

Clark was among the big-name competitors at the ANNIKA pro-am tournament in Belleair, Florida.

Keen to show off her new-found hobby, Clark shared a photo of her competing at the event with her three million followers on Instagram.

Unsurprisingly, it garnered plenty of responses, including one from Fever team-mate Grace Berger, who cheekily replied: "If I hadn't seen the video of the shank these photos would've convinced me that you could beat me."

A bold claim from the Fever guard, but one Berger has the credentials to back up, given she was a state champion golfer before making a name for herself in basketball.

It came after Clark served up a dig of her own prior to the event, with the WNBA rookie of the year commenting on Berger's golf skills in a recent interview.

She said: "Actually, one of my teammates [Berger] was a state champion golfer, so she's pretty good.

"I actually haven't played with her yet. I think she might be scared or something, I don't know why. Her game must have gotten rusty when she became a professional basketball player."

A chirpy message from Clark, who despite Berger's criticisms, did receive plenty of praise for her golf skills on the course in Florida.

Clark was partnered with Nelly Korda and Annika Sorenstam - two of the greatest-ever female golfers - with the latter saying: "[Clark is] super mature for 22.

"I'm going like, 'Wow, she's 22; I'm 32 years older.' She's an older woman in a younger body if you know what I mean.

"In a good way. She handles herself really well and good with people, says the right things."

Korda added: "Was great to see how relaxed she was. Obviously with the media attention she has gotten probably in the past year and a half, two years, you can see how she's comfortable playing in front of a larger crowd. And she was just really enjoying it. You can tell."

Whereas Clark herself commented: "It was so fun. Obviously, getting to see (Sorenstam and Korda) do what they do up front is like-people would pay for that. I got to do it for free and have fun with them.

"Definitely a fun morning. Feel very thankful that Gainbridge had me out here. Obviously, their support of women's sports is tremendous. Very lucky and fortunate. Hung in there; did alright. It was a good day."