Kai Trumps caddie sends out message after | Golf News

Allan Kournikova, Kai Trump’s caddie, believes the teenage golfer has a vibrant future forward of her despite her LPGA debut nightmare.

This weekend noticed Trump, an 18-year-old newbie who is the granddaughter of US President Donald Trump, make her LPGA debut at the Annika match in Florida. Supported by her mom, Vanessa Trump, who is at present relationship Tiger Woods, {the teenager} struggled.

On debut, she missed the cut, after carding scores of 83 and 75, ending last out of the 108-player discipline competing come the end of the second spherical.

Given her inexperience, Trump’s struggles on debut hardly got here as a shock. However, despite that, her caddie, Kournikova, who is the brother of tennis great Anna Kournikova, outlined his perception that Trump has a vibrant future forward of her, which will likely be realized once she takes up golf as a full-time career.

“I’m really excited to see what’s ahead, because if she wants to pursue her career in this game, she can play at the highest level in my opinion,” Kournikova told the Mail.

He continued: “As far as talent goes, she’s got as much talent as anyone.

“I feel it is uncooked expertise as of now. I told her when we had been strolling off the inexperienced, I said, ‘Can you think about if you probably did this every week, just how snug you would be?’

“I mean, these girls come here, it’s like a 9-to-5 for them. They’re clocking in, they show up, they play, they leave. 20 weeks a year they’re doing this. This is our first time.”

Trump admitted following her efficiency that she was “really nervous”, including she felt like those nerves impacted her closely.

“For the first day I was definitely really nervous. I think the nerves just got to me,” she said.

“When I went out there today I felt very calm and peaceful to be honest with you. That’s why I played better.”