{"id":250632,"date":"2025-10-30T09:46:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250632\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T09:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:46:20","slug":"donald-trumps-granddaughter-to-make-lpga-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250632\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump’s granddaughter to make LPGA debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Megan Briggs\/TGL]<\/p>\n

Kai Trump, granddaughter of President Donald Trump, will make her LPGA debut next month at one of the tour\u2019s strongest events.<\/p>\n

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The Annika at Pelican Golf Club announced that Kai was given a sponsor exemption for its event, beginning November 13. Kai is a high school senior in Florida who has committed to playing college golf at the University of Miami in 2026. She entered the week at No. 979 in the Universal Golf Rankings\u2019 junior girls list and No. 461 in the AJGA Girls standing.<\/p>\n

Kai is the eldest child of Donald Trump Jr. Her mother Vanessa is currently dating Tiger Woods.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dream has been to compete with the best in the world on the LPGA Tour,\u201d Kai wrote on social media. \u201cThis event will be an incredible experience. I look forward meeting and competing against so many of my heroes and mentors in golf as I make my LPGA Tour debut.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Along with playing, Kai has her own apparel brand for women and boasts over 6 million followers across social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cSponsor invitations are an important way to spotlight emerging talent and bring new attention to our tournaments and the LPGA,\u201d said Ricki Lasky, LPGA chief tour business and operations officer. \u201cKai\u2019s broad following and reach are helping introduce golf to new audiences, especially among younger fans. We\u2019re excited to see her take this next step in her journey, and we\u2019re proud to work closely with our partners in Tampa Bay whose continued commitment to advancing the women\u2019s game helps elevate the LPGA and expand its visibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

WNBA star Caitlin Clark will also be a part of the event, competing in the pro-am for the second straight year. Nelly Korda is the Annika\u2019s defending champ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Megan Briggs\/TGL] Kai Trump, granddaughter of President Donald Trump, will make her LPGA debut next month at one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-250632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}