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USA Today
a day ago
- Lifestyle
- USA Today
Kai Trump is happy with her 'progress' after Florida golf tournament
Kai Trump is happy with her 'progress' after Florida golf tournament Who is Kai Madison Trump? Her parents are Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump. Show Caption Hide Caption Granddaughter of Donald Trump, Kai Trump, speaks at RNC Granddaughter of Donald Trump and daughter of Donald Trump Jr., Kai Trump, spoke about her grandfather at the Republican National Convention. Kai Trump, granddaughter of President Donald Trump, finished second in a junior golf tournament at Village Golf Course in Royal Palm Beach, Florida. Kai Trump, a University of Miami commit, shot a 10-over par across two rounds, one stroke behind the winner. This strong performance follows earlier struggles in national-level tournaments, marking an improvement in her game. Trump is a rising senior at The Benjamin School and an All-County golf selection. Kai Trump is "happy" with the direction of her golf game after finishing near the top of the leaderboard in a Palm Beach County junior tournament. Kai Trump, a rising senior at the Benjamin School and the eldest grandchild of President Donald Trump, finished runner-up on Sunday, June 1, in the Major Championship at Village Golf Course in Royal Palm Beach, Florida. The Major Championship at Village Golf Course, which featured three flights of boys competition and a single, 12-golfer flight of girls competition, is considered a "major" event on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour. Participants earn more ranking points for a Top 10 finish. Kai Trump shot a first-round 74 (2-over) and a second round 80 (8-over) to finish 10-over par and a stroke behind tournament winner Bretton Mackiewicz, a Jacksonville University women's golf signee from Longwood, Florida. "Not the result I wanted but happy with the progress I've been making," Kai Trump posted to her golf-oriented Instagram page after the event. "Let's get back to work." More: Kai Trump began Election Day with playoff golf, ended on victory stage Palm Beach Police: Man who jumped wall at Mar-a-Lago wanted to marry Trump's granddaughter Kai Trump, a University of Miami women's golf commit, returned to junior competition after struggling in two appearances at American Junior Golf Association invitational events earlier this year. She shot 52-over par and finished last in a field of 24 golfers at the prestigious Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March 2025, a tournament which pitted Kai Trump against some of the world's top girls junior golfers on a course with elite conditions. Kai Trump was an All-County selection for Benjamin in fall 2025 and finished her junior year as the No. 151 ranked girls varsity golfer in Florida. Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at ejwallace@
The Advertiser
29-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Son of golfing gun win first top junior-circuit title
Tiger Woods needs to make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie. The 16-year-old finished with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Florida on Wednesday in winning his first American Junior Golf Association event at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. The AJGA is the nation's premier junior circuit. Woods began the day tied at nine-under 135 and finished with a final round of six-under 66 to top a 71-player field that included four of the top-five ranked AJGA's players. His final round featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with four straight pars. He won the event by three strokes ahead of a three-way tie between fifth-ranked player Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham. Woods is projected to vault up the AJGA rankings in significant fashion, going from No.606 entering the week to No.14, per Woods opened the tournament with a first round score of 70 and followed with a 65 on Tuesday. He was competing in just his fifth AJGA event, with his previous best finish a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March. The son of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods already counted several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Major Championship in June 2023. Later that year, he won the Last Chance Regional golf tournament. Last summer, he qualified to compete at the US Junior Amateur but failed to make the cut. With Reuters. Tiger Woods needs to make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie. The 16-year-old finished with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Florida on Wednesday in winning his first American Junior Golf Association event at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. The AJGA is the nation's premier junior circuit. Woods began the day tied at nine-under 135 and finished with a final round of six-under 66 to top a 71-player field that included four of the top-five ranked AJGA's players. His final round featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with four straight pars. He won the event by three strokes ahead of a three-way tie between fifth-ranked player Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham. Woods is projected to vault up the AJGA rankings in significant fashion, going from No.606 entering the week to No.14, per Woods opened the tournament with a first round score of 70 and followed with a 65 on Tuesday. He was competing in just his fifth AJGA event, with his previous best finish a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March. The son of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods already counted several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Major Championship in June 2023. Later that year, he won the Last Chance Regional golf tournament. Last summer, he qualified to compete at the US Junior Amateur but failed to make the cut. With Reuters. Tiger Woods needs to make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie. The 16-year-old finished with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Florida on Wednesday in winning his first American Junior Golf Association event at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. The AJGA is the nation's premier junior circuit. Woods began the day tied at nine-under 135 and finished with a final round of six-under 66 to top a 71-player field that included four of the top-five ranked AJGA's players. His final round featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with four straight pars. He won the event by three strokes ahead of a three-way tie between fifth-ranked player Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham. Woods is projected to vault up the AJGA rankings in significant fashion, going from No.606 entering the week to No.14, per Woods opened the tournament with a first round score of 70 and followed with a 65 on Tuesday. He was competing in just his fifth AJGA event, with his previous best finish a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March. The son of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods already counted several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Major Championship in June 2023. Later that year, he won the Last Chance Regional golf tournament. Last summer, he qualified to compete at the US Junior Amateur but failed to make the cut. With Reuters. Tiger Woods needs to make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie. The 16-year-old finished with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Florida on Wednesday in winning his first American Junior Golf Association event at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. The AJGA is the nation's premier junior circuit. Woods began the day tied at nine-under 135 and finished with a final round of six-under 66 to top a 71-player field that included four of the top-five ranked AJGA's players. His final round featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with four straight pars. He won the event by three strokes ahead of a three-way tie between fifth-ranked player Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham. Woods is projected to vault up the AJGA rankings in significant fashion, going from No.606 entering the week to No.14, per Woods opened the tournament with a first round score of 70 and followed with a 65 on Tuesday. He was competing in just his fifth AJGA event, with his previous best finish a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March. The son of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods already counted several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Major Championship in June 2023. Later that year, he won the Last Chance Regional golf tournament. Last summer, he qualified to compete at the US Junior Amateur but failed to make the cut. With Reuters.
7NEWS
29-05-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Charlie Woods, teenage son of Tiger, wins first solo title with final-round 66
Tiger Woods needs to make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie. The 16-year-old finished with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Florida on Wednesday in winning his first American Junior Golf Association event at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. The AJGA is the nation's premier junior circuit. Woods began the day tied at nine-under 135 and finished with a final round of six-under 66 to top a 71-player field that included four of the top-five ranked AJGA's players. His final round featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with four straight pars. He won the event by three strokes ahead of a three-way tie between fifth-ranked player Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham. Woods is projected to vault up the AJGA rankings in significant fashion, going from No.606 entering the week to No.14, per Woods opened the tournament with a first round score of 70 and followed with a 65 on Tuesday. He was competing in just his fifth AJGA event, with his previous best finish a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March. The son of 15-time major winner Tiger already counted several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Major Championship in June 2023. Later that year, he won the Last Chance Regional golf tournament. Last summer, he qualified to compete at the US Junior Amateur but failed to make the cut.
West Australian
29-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Son of golfing gun win first top junior-circuit title
Tiger Woods needs to make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie. The 16-year-old finished with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Florida on Wednesday in winning his first American Junior Golf Association event at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. The AJGA is the nation's premier junior circuit. Woods began the day tied at nine-under 135 and finished with a final round of six-under 66 to top a 71-player field that included four of the top-five ranked AJGA's players. His final round featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with four straight pars. He won the event by three strokes ahead of a three-way tie between fifth-ranked player Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham. Woods is projected to vault up the AJGA rankings in significant fashion, going from No.606 entering the week to No.14, per Woods opened the tournament with a first round score of 70 and followed with a 65 on Tuesday. He was competing in just his fifth AJGA event, with his previous best finish a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March. The son of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods already counted several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Major Championship in June 2023. Later that year, he won the Last Chance Regional golf tournament. Last summer, he qualified to compete at the US Junior Amateur but failed to make the cut. With Reuters.
Perth Now
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Son of golfing gun win first top junior-circuit title
Tiger Woods needs to make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie. The 16-year-old finished with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Florida on Wednesday in winning his first American Junior Golf Association event at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. The AJGA is the nation's premier junior circuit. Woods began the day tied at nine-under 135 and finished with a final round of six-under 66 to top a 71-player field that included four of the top-five ranked AJGA's players. His final round featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with four straight pars. He won the event by three strokes ahead of a three-way tie between fifth-ranked player Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham. Woods is projected to vault up the AJGA rankings in significant fashion, going from No.606 entering the week to No.14, per Woods opened the tournament with a first round score of 70 and followed with a 65 on Tuesday. He was competing in just his fifth AJGA event, with his previous best finish a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March. The son of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods already counted several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Major Championship in June 2023. Later that year, he won the Last Chance Regional golf tournament. Last summer, he qualified to compete at the US Junior Amateur but failed to make the cut. With Reuters.
