Jake Knapp’s girlfriend Makena White recalls how ‘very private’ relationship got exposed on PGA Tour
Makena White had no intention of exposing her “very private” romance with PGA Tour pro and boyfriend Jake Knapp at the 2024 Mexico Open.
Life, however, had other plans.
White took a stroll down memory lane Monday after the PGA Tour’s official X account asked its three million followers to “share a piece of golf lore about yourself,” prompting Knapp’s biggest supporter to peel back the curtain on her personal life.
“My (previously very private) relationship was hard launched on national television at the 2024 Mexico Open,” she began on X.
“A year later I got outed playing hooky from work on a Thursday cause that same bf shot 59 & photos of us cellying were all over the internet.
“2 years of getting sewered.”
Knapp, 31, earned his first PGA Tour victory as a rookie in February 2024 at the Mexico Open, where White joined him on the course at Vidanta Vallarta for the sweet celebrations that were immortalized on social media.
White and Knapp had been dating for six months at the time. She flew in from Canada for the final round after the golfer’s unexpected rise to the top of the leaderboard.
As Knapp has become a steady contender on tour in the year-and-half since, White has frequently been by his side.
A year later, the California native shot a bogey-free 59 in the opening round of the Cognizant Classic at PGA National, joining the exclusive sub-60 club with White in attendance.
When an X user asked White if she was “upset” over the media fallout of Knapp’s triumphs, she replied, “I’m not mad at another I was simply telling a story.”
Currently ranked 77th in the world, Knapp is coming off a top-three finish at last weekend’s 3M Open, where he tied for third at 20-under par, three strokes behind winner Kurt Kitayama at 23-under.
Knapp will be in the field at the upcoming Wyndham Championship, which tees off Thursday.
He turned pro in 2016.