"The 18-year-old received a sponsor exemption on Tuesday to play in the Annika at Pelican Golf Club from 13-16 November, the penultimate event on the LPGA schedule. The tournament, which has a prize purse of $3.25m (2.45m), is prestigious and typically has one of the strongest fields of the year outside the majors. Nelly Korda is the defending champion. My dream has been to compete with the best in the world on the LPGA Tour, Trump said in a release."
"I look forward to meeting and competing against so many of my heroes and mentors in golf as I make my LPGA Tour debut. Trump, the eldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr, is a senior at the Benjamin School in Florida. She has committed to play golf for the Miami Hurricanes next year. She competes in amateur events nationally with the American Junior Golf Association and locally in Florida and is currently No 461 in the AJGA Girls ranking, having played three events this year."
Kai Trump, an 18-year-old senior at the Benjamin School in Florida and the eldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr, received a sponsor exemption to make her LPGA Tour debut at the Annika at Pelican Golf Club from 13-16 November. The penultimate LPGA event carries a $3.25m prize purse and typically attracts one of the season's strongest fields; Nelly Korda is the defending champion. Trump has committed to play for the Miami Hurricanes next year, competes in AJGA and local events, is ranked No 461 in AJGA girls standings after three events, and has over six million social followers. She recently launched an apparel brand for young women in sports.
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