The most talked-about LPGA debut ended as soon as it started. Kai Trump missed the cut after her rounds of 83 and 75. Everyone saw it coming. Yet, her presence gave the ANNIKA the attention it might have never gotten before. The pro-am saw Caitlin Clark as another celebrity name headlining the event. On the surface, these might appear to be a win for the LPGA, but in the long run, it’s far from a success. Golfweek columnist Eamon Lynch expresses that tension sharply.

“There were no shocks in which storylines dominated coverage of the LPGA Tour in recent days, nor in the fact that none of those attention-grabbers involved actual LPGA Tour players,” he wrote, questioning the “theatrics” that took the attention from the actual event. He also questioned why the LPGA leans on celebrities

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