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Charley Hull
English professional golfer

Charley Hull

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English professional golfer
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Kettering, Kettering Town, North Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Age
28 years
Stats
Height:
168 cm
Weight:
70 kg
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Biography

Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has achieved success both on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour, winning honours as Rookie of the Year, becoming the youngest competitor to participate in the international Solheim Cup matches and becoming a champion on the European circuit in 2014 before the age of 18. In 2016, she won the prestigious CME Group Tour Championship, the season-ending event of the LPGA Tour.

Early life

Hull was first introduced to golf aged two, and began playing with her father at Kettering Golf Club. She left school aged 13 to be home schooled, and started playing in amateur tournaments.

Amateur career

Hull came to public attention aged 9, when she won a significant 18-hole handicap event against adults with a score of 28 stableford points from a handicap of 26 at Turnberry. Aged 10 she played alongside Morgan Pressel in the British Open Pro-Am. Hull then won several amateur events in the United States and Great Britain and has ranked in the top-10 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, reaching a high of number three in the world.

Hull played on the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team in 2012. She lost her fourballs and foursomes matches on the first two days but won her singles match on the final day as the GB&I team beat the United States team 10½–9½. She had initially been removed from the team in a dispute with the Ladies Golf Union over a mandatory training session that conflicted with the Kraft Nabisco Championship, a major championship on the LPGA Tour, to which Hull had been invited. The LGU re-instated Hull to the team and Hull finished tied for 38th at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Hull also competed in the 2012 Women's British Open, where she was tied for third after the first round.

Professional career

2013

Hull turned professional on 1 January 2013. She made her professional debut in March 2013 and reeled off five consecutive second-place finishes on the Ladies European Tour: Lalla Meryem Cup, South African Women's Open, Turkish Airlines Ladies Open, Deloitte Ladies Open and a playoff loss at the UniCredit Ladies German Open.

With five additional top-ten finishes on the Ladies European Tour, she finished sixth on the tour's Order of Merit with earnings of just under €135,995 in fifteen official events. With her strong debut on the tour, Hull was awarded the 2013 LET Rookie of the Year award and was voted the Best International Newcomer by the Sports Journalists' Association and presented with the Peter Wilson Trophy at the SJA British Sports Awards Hull was also on the shortlist for the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year, losing to 16-year-old swimmer Josef Craig.

In August 2013, Hull was selected by European Solheim Cup captain Liselotte Neumann to compete in the 2013 Solheim Cup, the youngest person ever to play in the tournament. The team was the first European Solheim squad to win on U.S. soil, with a final score of 18–10. Hull contributed 2 points, including a 5 & 4 singles win over Paula Creamer. Neumann later praised Hull's performance.

2014

On 16 March 2014, four days shy of her 18th birthday, Hull won her first professional title at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. Having a five shot deficit to the overnight leader, Gwladys Nocera, Hull scored a bogey-free round of 62 (−9) to finish level with Nocera and force a playoff. Hull birdied the first sudden-death hole to secure the victory. She ended the 2014 season by becoming the youngest player to win the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit.

2015

During 2015, Hull played on both the Ladies European Tour and on the LPGA Tour, where she improved her priority ranking such that she was able to play full time on that tour. Since then, she has played predominantly on the LPGA Tour.

2016

In 2016, she had five top-ten finishes and won for the first time on the tour at the season ending CME Group Tour Championship, which lifted her to fourth place in the final Race to the CME Globe points standings.

2019

On 12 January 2019, Hull won the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open at the Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in Abu Dhabi.

2020

In June 2020, during a suspension of all the major golf tours due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hull won the opening event of the Rose Ladies Series in the United Kingdom, and in early August, finished second in the final event to top the series standings ahead of Georgia Hall. After the tours had resumed, in late August she missed the halfway cut at the AIG Women's Open, the first major of the year. In September, she tested positive for COVID-19 during pre-tournament testing for the ANA Inspiration and was forced to withdraw from the year's second major. In October, she finished in a tie for 7th place in the Women's PGA Championship.

2023

In the first round of the Aramco Team Series in London on 14 July 2023, she carded a five-under-par 68, tying Nelly Korda, firing 10 birdies and a quintuple-bogey 10 on the par-5 sixth hole at the Centurion Club. She shot 38 on the front nine, contrasted to 30 on the back nine. She finished the tournament in second place at 212 (−7), four shots behind Korda's 208 (−11).

Personal life

Hull's mother and her maternal grandparents are Polish. She has two half-sisters, one from each parent.

Based at Woburn Golf Club, Hull spends her winters with her family based in Florida.

Hull has publicly spoken out against single-sex golf clubs. When asked by the BBC if she had experienced discrimination on the course, she recounted that when she was seven years old she defeated a 17-year-old boy and he swore at her after the match.

Hull married Ozzie Smith, a mixed martial arts fighter, in her hometown on the 21 September 2019.

Amateur wins

  • 2011 Ione D Jones/Doherty Championship, Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Championship, English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
  • 2012 Harder Hall Invitational

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
120 Nov 2016CME Group Tour Championship67-70-66-66=269−192 strokes Ryu So-yeon500,000
22 Oct 2022Volunteers of America Classic67-64-71-64=266−181 stroke Lin Xiyu255,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12023Kroger Queen City Championship Minjee LeeLost to birdie on second extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share (€)
116 Mar 2014Lalla Meryem Cup68-71-68-62=269−15Playoff Gwladys Nocera67,500
212 Jan 2019Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open67-72-69=208−81 stroke Marianne Skarpnord38,115
316 Oct 2021Aramco Team Series – New York69-70-65=204−121 stroke Nelly Korda25,864

LET playoff record (1–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12013UniCredit Ladies German Open Carlota CigandaLost to birdie on first extra hole
22014Lalla Meryem Cup Gwladys NoceraWon with birdie on first extra hole
32014Ladies German Open Kylie WalkerLost to par on first extra hole
42022Aramco Team Series - Jeddah Chiara NojaLost to birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

  • 2020 Rose Ladies Series – Event 1

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020
Chevron ChampionshipT38T7T26T2T14T6T12
Women's PGA ChampionshipT2616CUTT6CUTT7
U.S. Women's OpenT42CUTT21T10T16T30
The Evian ChampionshipCUTT47T38T52T32T22T30NT
Women's British OpenCUTCUTT12T31T17T16CUTT24CUT
Tournament2021202220232024
Chevron ChampionshipT14T25CUTT23
U.S. Women's OpenCUTT20T2T19
Women's PGA ChampionshipT21CUTCUT
The Evian ChampionshipT25T3CUT
Women's British OpenCUTT222
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = Missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship0101391110
U.S. Women's Open010126108
Women's PGA Championship00002495
The Evian Championship001113108
Women's British Open010116127
Totals03149285238
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2014 ANA – 2016 Women's PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2018 ANA – 2018 Women's PGA)

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nds3rdsTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
000T38n/an/a73.33n/a
000T17n/an/a71.83n/a
001T3n/an/a71.68n/a
2015141300034359,9294871.4332
20162219110511,114,3601570.6018
201722180003T6442,9424671.1043
2018242201162869,0121970.2816
2019221701022885,9611971.3958
2020860002T6281,5944071.3631
2021191700025392,3085570.7335
20221813101511,084,9682170.1516
20231814040522,395,650670.3015
Totals^1671392733317,826,72442

^ official as of 2023 season
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2012352
201399
201438
201541
201616
201728
201824
201926
202034
202133
202217
20238

Team appearances

Amateur

  • European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 2011
  • Junior Vagliano Trophy: (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011
  • Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2011
  • European Girls' Team Championship (representing the England): 2012
  • Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2012 (winners)
  • Espirito Santo Trophy (representing England): 2012

Professional

  • Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2013 (winners), 2015, 2017, 2019 (winners), 2021 (winners), 2023 (tie, cup retained)
  • International Crown (representing England): 2016, 2018

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career2212–7–32–3–15–2–15–2–113.561.3
201332–1–01–0–0 def. P. Creamer 5&40–0–01–1–0 lost w/ C. Matthew 2&1
won w/ J. Ewart Shadoff 2 up
266.7
201554–1–00–1–0 lost to C. Kerr 3&22–0–0 won w/ M. Reid 2&1
won w/ S. Pettersen 1 up
2–0–0 won w/ G. Nocera 3&2
won w/ S. Pettersen 2 up
480.0
201731–1–11–0–0 def. B.Lang 1 up0–0–1 halved w/ M. Reid0–1–0 lost w/ G.Hall 2&11.550.0
201942–0–20–0–1 halved w/ M. Khang2–0–0 won w/ A. Muñoz 2&1
won w/ A. Muñoz 4&3
0–0–1 halved w/ A. Muñoz375.0
202142–2–00–1–0 lost to J. Korda 3&11–1–0 won w/ E. Pedersen 1 up
lost w/ E. Pedersen 2&1
1–0–0 won w/ E. Pedersen 3&2250.0
202331–2–00–1–0 lost to D. Kang 4&20–1–0 lost w/ E. Pedersen 5&41–0–0 won w/ L. Maguire 4&3133.3
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