{"id":882360,"date":"2026-10-14T19:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/882360\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T19:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:54:11","slug":"kai-trump-has-wrist-surgery-after-devastating-injury-derails-first-college-golf-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/882360\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai Trump has wrist surgery after devastating injury derails first college golf season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kai Trump, a freshman at the University of Miami and a member of the Canes\u2019 women\u2019s golf team, said she underwent surgery to repair a wrist injury <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/26\/sports\/kai-trumps-college-golf-career-at-miami-starts-with-injury-scare\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she sustained in September<\/a> in an Instagram post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Kai \u2014 who is the daughter of former model Vanessa Trump and businessman Donald Trump Jr. \u2014 shared a snapshot of her laying in hospital bed with her bandaged arm in a sling at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I had hoped to avoid surgery, after talks with my family, coaches, and athletic training staff I know I made the best decision for my long-term health and my future in the game I love,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Deep_2AFcPU\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kai, 19, wrote.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s certainly not how I envisioned the next few months, but sometimes the journey takes an unexpected turn, and I\u2019m choosing to embrace this one with patience, and a whole lot of determination.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41329033\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kai.jpg\" alt=\"Kai Trump, a freshman at the University of Miami and a member of the Canes' women's golf team, said she underwent surgery to repair a wrist injury she sustained in her first tournament of the season in an Instagram post on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. \" class=\"wp-image-41329033\"\/>Kai Trump underwent surgery to repair a wrist injury she sustained in her first tournament of the season in an Instagram post on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.  Instagram\/Kai Trump <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecovery will take time, but I\u2019m incredibly fortunate to be surrounded by amazing people who continue to lift me up, encourage me, and remind me that every challenge is an opportunity to grow. Having the right people by your side makes all the difference, and I couldn\u2019t be more grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kai, who injured her wrist in her first college tournament, went on to the thank Dr. Carlson and the team at HSS, as well as her teammates, coaches and family. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41329284\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/amateur-kai-trump-united-states-142639608.jpg\" alt=\"Amateur Kai Trump of the United States plays her shot from the 16th tee during the first round of The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., Thursday, November 13, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-41329284\"\/>Amateur Kai Trump of the United States plays her shot from the 16th tee during the first round of The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., Thursday, November 13, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now, it\u2019s all about healing, and trusting the process,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to be back with my team, doing what I love. I\u2019ll be back before you know it, stronger and more grateful than ever! Go Canes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kai did not elaborate on a timetable for her recovery. <\/p>\n<p>She played in a three-round-in-two-day tournament last week in Muncie, Indiana. <\/p>\n<p>Kai <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTOOo_8FQ6h\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;srtk=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously shared<\/a> that she had surgery on her left wrist in January \u201cto address injuries to the stabilizing tissues of my ECU tendon and damage to my triangular fibrocartilage complex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kai Trump, a freshman at the University of Miami and a member of the Canes\u2019 women\u2019s golf team,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,47323,7186,99,1625],"class_list":["post-882360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-kai-trump","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}