Kai Trump, President Trump’s eldest granddaughter, a highschool senior and College of Miami commit, has secured a sponsor invitation to play in an LPGA Tour occasion Nov. 13-16.
The 18-year-old will compete in the Annika at Pelican Golf Membership in Belleair, Fla. She presently attends the Benjamin Faculty in Palm Seashore and is ranked No. 461 on the American Junior Golf Assn. rankings. She additionally competes on the Srixon Medalist Tour on the South Florida PGA. Her high end was a tie for third in July.
“My dream has been to compete with the most effective on this planet on the LPGA Tour,” Trump mentioned in a press release. “This occasion will likely be an unbelievable expertise. I sit up for assembly and competing towards so a lot of my heroes and mentors in golf as I make my LPGA Tour debut.”
Sponsor invites have lengthy been used to draw consideration to a event by means of a golfer who’s from a well known household or, in recent times, has a robust social media presence. Kai Trump qualifies on each counts.
She is the oldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr. and his ex-wife, Vanessa, and has practically 8 million followers mixed on Instagram, Tiktok, YouTube and X. Along with posting her personal exploits on and off the course, she creates movies taking part in golf together with her grandpa and chronicled their go to to the Ryder Cup.
She additionally lately launched her personal sports activities attire and way of life model, KT.
“Kai’s broad following and attain are serving to introduce golf to new audiences, particularly amongst youthful followers,” mentioned Ricki Lasky, LPGA chief tour enterprise and operations officer, in a press release.
The oldest of the president’s 11 grandchildren, Kai turned recognized nationally when she made a speech in help of her grandfather’s marketing campaign on the 2024 Republican Nationwide Conference. Her dad and mom divorced in 2018, and her mom has been courting Tiger Woods for a couple of 12 months.
