Kai Trump is back on the collegiate golf course this Monday, but her return comes with some serious questions after she re-injured her left wrist in her very first start just last month. It’s a rough start for a career, and you have to wonder how much that injury is still bothering her.
The Debut That Went Sideways
Trump’s collegiate debut was at the 2026 Golfweek Fall Classic in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. She finished tied for 102nd in a field of 120 players. After the tournament, she revealed what happened, saying she re-injured her wrist when a shot near a cart path struck some 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 posted on social media. It’s a brutal way to get re-injured, especially when you consider she’d already undergone left wrist surgery earlier this year to fix damage to her ECU tendon and fibrocartilage complex. Talk about bad luck, right?
Back on the Green, But at What Cost?
Now, Trump is set for her second collegiate start at the Golfweek Put Me In Coach Invitational. This time, she’s playing as an individual at Delaware Country Club in Muncie, Indiana. She’s one of 15 individuals in the women’s field, and her Hurricane teammates Carlee Rogers and Anna Behnsen are also playing individually. You’ve got to respect the grind, getting back out there so quickly after that kind of setback. But will her wrist hold up? It’s the biggest question hanging over her game right now. Everyone’s watching to see if she can push through this and finally get her collegiate career on track without that wrist flaring up again.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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