Who is Kai Trump? The president’s granddaughter spotted at the Genesis Invitational with Tiger Woods

Eagle eyed golf fans may have noticed that Tiger Woods was spotted with Kai Trump this weekend ahead of the final round of the Genesis Invitational in San Diego.

Before heading to the range, Woods was seen in the parking lot with was the teenage Trump, Donald Trump’s granddaughter. Woods himself recently played a round of golf with the new US President.

It’s no secret that Trump loves golf, and this is a trend that appears it runs in the family, with granddaughter Kai revealing she has verbally committed to playing college golf at the University of Miami.

Who is Kai Trump?

The 17-year-old is the daughter of Donald Trump Jr. and ex-wife Vanessa, and is about to go into her junior at the Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Florida. But she already has a fair idea of what she’d like to do with her life in the future.

The fact the teenager’s personal Instagram account is called ‘kaitrumpgolfer’ says it all and recently she broke the news that she was “beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to the University of Miami”.

Although she doesn’t share the nature of her scholarship, she has been tipped to have a future in the sport and her line of thanks to her grandfather suggests that is the avenue she will be going down: “I would like to thank my Grandpa for giving me access to great courses and tremendous support”.

Kai vs Donald on the golf course

Despite her tender years, Kai has already won the ladies’ club championship at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, one of 17 her grandfather owns worldwide. It was recently revealed that Trump Turnberry in Scotland would have the highest green fees anywhere in the world (£1000 / $1296 before 1pm) from 2025 onwards.

In a video with YouTube personality Grant Horvat last month, Kai claimed the Republican candidate for the 2024 US presidential election “always gives me a run for my money” and “wins a lot of the time” when they play against each other.

How good is Donald Trump at golf?

Before Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, the subject of golf handicaps came up in a debate with Trump.

USGA records show Trump is a 2.5 handicap golfer, making him supremely gifted on the course.

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