{"id":342160,"date":"2025-10-30T02:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T02:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/342160\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T02:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T02:46:12","slug":"kai-trump-presidents-granddaughter-set-for-lpga-tour-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/342160\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai Trump, president’s granddaughter, set for LPGA Tour event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kai Trump, President Trump\u2019s eldest granddaughter, a high school senior and University of Miami commit<\/a>, has secured a sponsor invitation<\/a> to play in an LPGA Tour event Nov. 13-16. <\/p>\n

The 18-year-old will compete in the Annika <\/a>at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla. She currently attends the Benjamin School in Palm Beach and is ranked No. 461 on the American Junior Golf Assn. rankings. She also competes on the Srixon Medalist Tour on the South Florida PGA. Her top finish was a tie for third in July.<\/p>\n

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

Sponsor invitations have long been used to attract attention to a tournament through a golfer who is from a well-known family or, in recent years, has a strong social media presence. Kai Trump qualifies on both counts. <\/p>\n

She is the oldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr. and his ex-wife, Vanessa, and has nearly 8 million followers combined on Instagram<\/a>, Tiktok<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> and X<\/a>. In addition to posting her own exploits on and off the course, she creates videos playing golf with her grandpa and chronicled their visit to the Ryder Cup<\/a>. <\/p>\n

She also recently launched her own sports apparel and lifestyle brand, KT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cKai\u2019s broad following and reach are helping introduce golf to new audiences, especially among younger fans,\u201d said Ricki Lasky, LPGA chief tour business and operations officer, in a statement.<\/p>\n

The oldest of the president\u2019s 11 grandchildren<\/a>, Kai became known nationally when she made a speech in support of her grandfather\u2019s campaign at the 2024 Republican National Convention<\/a>. Her parents divorced in 2018, and her mother has been dating Tiger Woods<\/a> for about a year.<\/p>\n