The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Belleair, Florida, USA

Pelican Golf Club

Lexie Hull

Sophie Cunningham

Quick Quotes


Q. Here with Caitlin's teammates. Just admiring the car that Caitlin wasn't able to win with the hole-in-one. I'm going to ask you first about your tee shots there at 10, how much golf you've played, and how happy you were with your performance.

LEXIE HULL: Start off not happy with the performance. I've played a little bit. My fiance is really big into golf. It's a fun thing to do together. Definitely wish we could do it again.

Feel like we didn't perform our best, but it was super fun.

Q. Should've had you hit a tee shot here because you would win that car.

LEXIE HULL: Well, yeah, duh.

Q. Sophie, how about yourself?

SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM: Well, I think Happy Gilmore would be really proud of me, so I'm feeling pretty good about my shot to be honest.

I feel like the last time I hit a golf ball I killed a squirrel, so I just don't know if this is my scene, but I would like to win that car behind us.

Q. The guy who may have been hit by your golf ball is just totally fine. Let's talk about today and how important it is to be out here with other athletes from golf, being with the former world No. 1 Nelly Korda.

LEXIE HULL: I mean, it's so fun. It's fun to see other athletes in their craft, getting ready for a big weekend. Nelly is amazing, Lauren is amazing.

Just really cool to see them in they're element.

SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM: Yeah, getting to know Nelly a little bit outside of golf, because I know normally she's serious and has to be in the zone, but super awesome girl. We are going to be rooting her on tomorrow.

And we are just now meeting Lauren and she's a phenomenal golfer. Like Lexie said, just seeing them in their craft performing at a high level, it's different what from we do, but they are the ultimate competitors so it's been pretty fun.

Q. How about your caddieing today. I thought you were actually going to be carrying the bag.

LEXIE HULL: So did we. We've instead been holding phones and water bottles.

SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM: Yeah, that's pretty much our role. The snack bag a little bit so it's good. We're doing just fine. We're killing it.

Q. Tell us about Caitlin. You get to see her in the locker room and obviously get to see her perform on the court. What is she like and what does she do to bring your games and elevate your games?

LEXIE HULL: I think she's just a great person. I think you see it out here today. She's having fun, getting to know the players she's playing with, not taking it to serious, and also really focused at what she does.

So it's just cool to see her in this environment and also see her on the court as well.

SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM: Yeah. I think she just elevates everyone who's around her. She's a phenomenal player, generational player, and I think everyone sees that. We missed her out on the court this year, but depending on the CBA and what's going on hopefully we're all together again.

I think the thing about Caitlin, she hit it, is she's a great person. She's fun, silly, kind of still just a kid, so a lot of people see her in a serious light, but we get to see the goofy side to her.

Q. Yeah. She has been inspirational for a lot of people. I really want to see you hit some more shots. Let's see if that can happen.

SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM: You might be the only one.

LEXIE HULL: Hit some more people? I don't know.

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