{"id":66931,"date":"2025-08-14T17:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/66931\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:47:13","slug":"kai-trump-ditches-elon-musk-gift-as-she-begins-final-year-at-school-before-miami-golf-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/66931\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai Trump ditches Elon Musk gift as she begins final year at school before Miami golf scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ALEX RASKIN, US SPORT NEWS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 08:26 EDT, 14 August 2025 | Updated: 08:35 EDT, 14 August 2025 <\/p>\n

Fore, please, Kai Trump now driving… but not a Cybertruck.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The President’s eldest grandchild marked the start of her senior year of high school in Florida<\/a> with a nod to her future college and golf team, the University of Miami Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

‘I cannot believe it’s my last first day of high school,’ the 18-year-old daughter of Donald Trump<\/a> Jr. wrote on Instagram. ‘Senior year here we come.’<\/p>\n

The pics show Kai with her high school friends standing alongside their (luxury) cars, most of which are marked with ‘Seniors’ across the rear window.<\/p>\n

Kai is seen in three photos alongside a Cadillac SUV marked with the unmistakable logo of ‘The U,’ a common nickname for the century-old private university in Coral Gables she’ll attend next year. One slide shows Kai flashing the ‘U’ hand sign, while another shows her alongside her mother, Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi, with ‘2026’ written along the back of the vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Curiously, Kai no longer appears to be driving the Cybertruck her grandfather gifted her<\/a> prior to his fallout with Tesla<\/a> CEO Elon Musk<\/a>. The vehicle she pictured herself with on Instagram back in October of last year has mysteriously given way to a new Escalade in several recent social media videos.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Kai is seen in three photos alongside a Cadillac SUV marked with the unmistakable logo of ‘The U,’ a common nickname for the century-old private university in Coral Gables<\/p>\n

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Kai is the eldest grandchild of President Donald Trump and one of his favorite golf buddies<\/p>\n

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Kai is seen with her mother, Vanessa, and a Cadillac – not the Cybertruck she was gifted<\/p>\n

A golfer since age 2, Kai committed to the Hurricanes in April of 2024 before helping the Benjamin School of Palm Beach Gardens to a district title last season. As of June 26, she was ranked 530 by the American Junior Golf Association.<\/p>\n

She was even more successful on social media, ranking No. 81 among all high school and college athletes in terms of NIL valuations, according to On3.com.<\/p>\n

Kai is now set to join a Hurricanes program that’s won five national championships, but none since 1984, while producing one national player of the year in Tracy Kerdyk (1988).<\/p>\n

What’s more, she will also get to play at Miami’s home course, the prestigious Biltmore, which costs the public $200 for 18 holes.<\/p>\n

Of course, that might not be a huge thrill for Kai, whose grandfather owns courses on both sides of the Atlantic with ongoing projects in Oman and Vietnam. And that experience on a variety of challenging courses should come in handy in a highly competitive ACC, which boasts elite programs like Stanford, Florida State and Virginia.<\/p>\n

While Kai is among the most visible high school athletes in the country, she’s may not be the biggest name at her school, where Tiger Woods’ son Charlie also attends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Charlie, whose father is dating Kai’s mother, is currently No. 14 on the AJGA boy’s rankings.<\/p>\n

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