Kai Trump returns for second college golf start after wrist scare

Kai Trump is set to make her second collegiate start Monday at the Golfweek Put Me In Coach Invitational, per golfweek.usatoday.com. The event takes place at Delaware Country Club in Muncie, Indiana, a par-70 layout measuring 6,030 yards.

Trump is one of 15 individuals in the women's field. She will play as an individual alongside Miami teammates Carlee Rogers, Rebekah Gardner and Anna Behnsen.

The appearance comes just over a month after Trump made her college debut for Miami at the 2026 Golfweek Fall Classic in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. She tied for 102nd in the 120-player field there, then revealed she had re-injured her wrist during the tournament.

The setback came when a shot near a cart path struck unexpectedly hard ground beneath the grass. Testing after the event showed the damage was not as significant as initially feared.

WHAT HAPPENED

Trump made her college debut for Miami last month at the 2026 Golfweek Fall Classic at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. She tied for 102nd in the 120-player field.

After the tournament, she revealed she had re-injured her wrist when a shot near a cart path struck unexpectedly hard ground beneath the grass.

“My first college tournament, I hit the ground next to the cart path. Let's just say there must have been some cart path underneath that ground because it was very hard,” Trump said in a social media post.

The incident came after she had already undergone left wrist surgery earlier this year to address damage to the stabilizing tissues of her ECU tendon and fibrocartilage complex. The re-injury raised immediate concerns about another operation.

Testing after the Fall Classic showed the damage was not as significant as initially feared. Trump said she did not fully tear the area, describing just a small sliver on her TFCC.