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Kai Trump has returned to practice ahead of his freshman season at the University of Miami, just months after undergoing wrist surgery to continue his golf career “pain-free.”
President Donald Trump’s granddaughter, who verbally committed in 2024 to play for the Hurricanes, shared a video on Instagram of herself at the gym doing box squats.
Kai Trump, a University of Miami commit, plays his tee shot on the second hole during The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican on November 13, 2025 at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“We’re so back,” she captioned the video posted to Instagram Stories, tagging her trainer, Alex Paup.
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Trump, 18, announced in January that she had surgery. The announcement came after she made her LPGA Tour debut at The Annika in November.
“Today I had left wrist surgery to treat damage to the stabilizing tissue in my ECU tendon and damage to my fibrocartilage complex,” she wrote in a social media post. “The surgery was successfully performed at the Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute by Dr. Thomas Graham, Chief of Jefferson Orthopedics. I look forward to my rehabilitation in the coming months, I am excited about the ability to play golf pain free.”
Former President Donald Trump walks in the middle with his grand Kai Trump and her mother Vanessa Trump during the ProAm prior to the LIV Golf Team Championship on October 27, 2022 at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, Florida. (Michele Eve Sandberg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
KAI TRUMP reveals surgery to repair wrist injury after recent golf competition
In the weeks that followed, she was pictured wearing a bandaged cast on her left wrist.
Trump has spoken about her hopes of pursuing a professional golf career, telling Pakinomist Digital in a July interview that she believes the University of Miami is the place to make it happen.
“The more golf I play, the better I want to do. Getting experience. Miami gave me a great opportunity and I’m really looking forward to that,” she said at the time.
Kai Trump and her mother, Vanessa Trump, girlfriend of Tiger Woods, of Jupiter Links GC, watch after a match between Jupiter Links and Boston Common Golf Club at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on March 17, 2026. (James Gilbert/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images)
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Trump finished in last place at The Annika, but made a notable improvement on his second day of competition compared to his first day, improving by eight strokes. She finished with a two-round score of 18-over 158, putting her 27 shots behind leader Grace Kim (65-66) and 17 away from the expected cut-line of one over par.
