NEWYou can now listen to PK Press Club articles!
Kai Trump will make her LPGA debut Thursday at 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 tees off at 12:32 p.m. ET.
Trump will tee off at the penultimate tee time of the day, starting on hole 10 with Hinako Shibuno and Olivia Cowan. She will be two groups behind Nelly Korda, three-time reigning winner, and three behind Charley Hull. Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang will also compete.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON PK Press Club
Kai Trump will make her LPGA debut this week as an amateur at The Annika at Pelican Golf Club. (Accelerator)
Trump, 18, benefited from a sponsorship exemption given to emerging golfers to showcase their talents. She accepted the invitation “in the blink of an eye and has been practicing a lot ever since.”
“It’s an honor,” she told reporters earlier this week. “I would like to thank the LPGA and the Doyle family for this opportunity. I’m looking forward to it. It’s really cool to say I’m playing my first LPGA event and I’m just a high school senior.
“I’m going to learn a lot no matter what,” she added. “I’m just going to go out there and have fun. Competing with the best players is going to be cooing…on the ropes, playing with them, learning what kind of shots they hit and what they do on the course. I just can’t wait to play 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)
KAI TRUMP GETS ADVICE FROM GRANDFATHER, TIGER WOODS BEFORE LPGA DEBUT; GOLF LEGEND SAYS TO GIVE IT “A CHANCE”
Trump admitted she would be “nervous” but “definitely excited.”
Trump has gained popularity on social media, primarily through YouTube, and recently posted a video of her playing with her grandfather at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington, D.C., and the two attending the Ryder Cup.
“I just don’t consider him to be president. I consider him to be my grandfather. We’re going to go play golf,” Kai said in a recent interview with PK Press Club 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 October 27, 2022, in Miami, Florida, one day before the 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Miami. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images)
In this interview, Trump reiterated her goal of becoming a professional.
“I’m going to try to do it and do my best.”
