Kai Trump explains last-place finish in LPGA tour debut: 'I hit a lot of good shots just to the wrong spots'

President Donald Trump's granddaughter, Kai Trump, made her LPGA circuit debut connected Thursday astatine The Annika successful Belleair, Florida. 

The 18-year-old changeable a 13-over 83, finishing successful past successful the 108-player field. She bogeyed the archetypal 4 holes and past finished the birdie-less circular with 9 bogeys and 2 treble bogeys.

"I was decidedly much tense than I expected, but I thought I deed a batch of large shots retired there," she said. "I deed a batch of bully shots conscionable to the incorrect spots."

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Amateur Kai Trump of the United States lines up her putt connected the 15th greenish during the archetypal circular of The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge astatine Pelican 2025 astatine Pelican Golf Club connected November 13, 2025 successful Belleair, Florida. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Despite the past spot finish, the teen inactive called the acquisition "pretty cool." 

"It was beauteous chill due to the fact that I cognize I deed it far, but benignant of playing with the champion players successful the satellite and being virtually close determination oregon adjacent outdriving connected immoderate of the holes, it felt beauteous good," she said. "Felt similar my crippled is successful a bully spot, and particularly lone being a elder successful precocious school."

Tiger Woods, who is presently dating Kai Trump’s mother, Vanessa, gave the teen proposal up of the tourney successful the days starring up to it, she told reporters Wednesday. 

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Amateur Kai Trump of the United States plays her changeable from the 16th tee during the archetypal circular of The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge astatine Pelican 2025 astatine Pelican Golf Club connected November 13, 2025 successful Belleair, Florida.  (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

"I mean, helium is the champion golfer successful the full world. I would accidental that. And adjacent amended person," she said. "He told maine to spell retired determination and person amusive and conscionable spell with the flow. Whatever happens, happens."

Trump has gained a pursuing connected societal media, mostly done YouTube, and precocious posted a video of herself playing with her gramps astatine Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C., and the 2 of them attending the Ryder Cup.

"I conscionable don’t presumption it arsenic him being the president. I presumption it as, he’s my grandpa. We’re gonna spell retired determination and play golf," Kai said successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital. "We play play each the time. It's thing new."

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Amateur Kai Trump of the United States walks from the 16th tee during the archetypal circular of The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge astatine Pelican 2025 astatine Pelican Golf Club connected November 13, 2025 successful Belleair, Florida. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

She besides insists her extremity is to spell pro arsenic a golfer.

"I'll effort to bash that and springiness it my champion shot."

Fox News Digital's Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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