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Kai Trump will make her LPGA debut on Thursday at The Annika at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida.
The high school senior officially committed to the University of Miami last week, and her big week will continue when she drops at 12:32 p.m. ET.
Trump will tee off on the penultimate tee time of the day, starting on the 10th hole with Hinako Shibuno and Olivia Cowan. She will be two groups behind three-time winner Nelly Korda and three behind Charley Hull. Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang will also compete.
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Kai Trump will make her LPGA debut this week as an amateur at The Annika at Pelican Golf Club. (Accelerator)
Trump, 18, received a sponsorship exemption given to up-and-coming golfers to showcase their talents. She accepted the invitation “in the blink of an eye and has been practicing hard ever since.”
“It’s an honor,” he told reporters earlier this week. “I would like to thank the LPGA and the Doyle family for the opportunity. I’m looking forward to it. It’s really cool to say that I’m playing my first LPGA event and I’m only a senior in high school.
“I’m going to learn a lot no matter what happens,” he added. “I’m just going to go out there and have fun. Competing with the best players will be great… playing inside the ropes with them, learning what kind of shots they make and what they do on the field. I’m looking forward to playing with the best.”
Kai Trump tees off during the final round of the Medalist Tour tournament at Lost City Golf Club on July 17, 2025, in Atlantis, Florida. (Greg Lovett/Palm Beach Post/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
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Trump admitted she will be “nervous,” but “she will definitely be nervous and excited.”
Trump has gained a following on social media, primarily through YouTube, and recently posted a video of her playing with her grandfather at Trump National Golf Club in Washington, D.C., and the two attending the Ryder Cup.
“I just don’t look at it like he’s the president. I look at it like he’s my grandfather. We’ll go out and play golf,” Kai said in a recent interview with Pak Gazette Digital. “We play golf all the time. It’s nothing new.”
President Donald Trump watches his granddaughter, Kai Trump, play golf at Trump National Doral Miami on October 27, 2022, in Miami, Florida, one day before the LIV Golf Invitational Miami 2022. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images)
In that interview, Trump reiterated his goal of turning pro.
“I’ll try to do it and do my best.”
