{"id":2055506,"date":"2025-09-28T11:06:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2055506"},"modified":"2025-09-28T11:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:06:41","slug":"pro-golfer-jake-knapp-speaks-on-girlfriend-makena-whites-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pro-golfer-jake-knapp-speaks-on-girlfriend-makena-whites-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro golfer Jake Knapp speaks on girlfriend Makena White&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jake Knapp is speaking out for the first time on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/26\/celebrity-news\/makena-white-girlfriend-of-pro-golfer-jake-knapp-dead-at-28\/\">the death of his girlfriend, Makena White<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, the pro golfer shares sweet words about the kind of person his partner was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMakena was such a thoughtful person whose selflessness toward others is something I will always appreciate,\u201d Knapp, 31, tells Page Six Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that she had \u201cfun, outgoing energy\u201d that \u201cwill be missed\u201d by him, family and friends.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Jake Knapp has issued a statement on the death of Makena White. <span class=\"credit\">Makena White\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>He referred to his girlfriend of two years as \u201cthoughtful\u201d and \u201cselfless.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Makena White\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Knapp also admits that he is having a difficult time navigating the unexpected loss of White.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shared so many unforgettable memories together and now that she\u2019s no longer with us, it\u2019s a tough reality to comprehend,\u201d the PGA Tour golfer writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an understatement to say how hard all of this is to process for everyone who knew Mak, especially her family and friends, who deserve privacy and respect during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Knapp admitted White\u2019s death is a \u201ctough reality to comprehend.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Makena White\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>White\u2019s cause of death is not immediately known. She was 28. <span class=\"credit\">Makena White\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>White\u2019s friend revealed the sad loss via an Instagram post on the late medical sales rep\u2019s account Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMakena passed away earlier this week,\u201d the pal shared with the \u201cheaviest heart.\u201d \u201cShe is already so deeply missed by her Dad, her family, her friends, and of course by [dogs] Nelly and Fergie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White\u2019s official cause of death has not yet been revealed. She was only 28 years old.<\/p>\n<p>It appeared that she and Knapp were still going strong this summer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>White recently praised Knapp via Instagram because of his golfing career. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She wrote to him in a sweet post, \u201cI looooove you sweet boy, you make it so dang easy to be proud.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Aug. 11, White shared how proud she was of the pro athlete as he finished this year\u2019s golfing season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYear 2 of first fairway hugs &amp; watching you live out your dreams,\u201d she captioned a carousel of pictures featuring the couple in what is now her final post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecond season in the books \u2014 forever grateful to be on this walk with you, here\u2019s to many many many more! I looooove you sweet boy, you make it so dang easy to be proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple reportedly began dating in August 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Knapp is speaking out for the first time on the death of his girlfriend, Makena White. In his statement, the pro golfer shares sweet words about the kind of person his partner was. \u201cMakena was such a thoughtful person whose selflessness toward others is something I will always appreciate,\u201d Knapp, 31, tells Page Six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2055507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[344975,24188,35566,22062,24003,308224,21848],"class_list":["post-2055506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-athletes","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-dating","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pro-golfer-Jake-Knapp-speaks-on-girlfriend-Makena-Whites-death.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2055507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}