Charley Hull
Name:
Charley HullCountry:
EnglandBorn:
March 20, 1996 in Kettering, Northamptonshire.Original/Home Club:
Kettering GC, England.Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2013Curtis Cup player (2012). Solheim Cup player (2013, '15, '17, '19, '21, '23, '24). Winner on the Ladies European Tour. LET Rookie of the Year (2013). LET Order of Merit winner (2014).
Hull was first introduced to golf aged two, and grew-up honing her skills at Kettering Golf Club with her father. After an impressive amateur career she made her Ladies European Tour professional debut in 2013, and reeled off five second place finishes, including a playoff loss in the Ladies German Open. Five more top ten finishes allowed her to finish sixth on the tour's Order of Merit, and claim the 2013 LET Rookie of the Year award.
Such was Hull's success in her rookie season, she was selected to play in the 2013 Solheim Cup, where she recorded a notable 5 and 4 singles win against five-time Solheim Cup star Paula Creamer. Hull chalked up her first LET win in March 2014, just four days before her 18th birthday.
Europe
Aramco
Played as the Aramco Team Series presented by PIF - Riyadh (Oct 31-Nov 2; Ladies European Tour event; each of the 36 teams includes three professionals and one amateur player). [Riyadh GC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia].
Individual competition: second-placed Nicole Broch Estrup (Den) finished 3 shots behind Charley Hull (Eng).
Team competition winners: Team Tamburlini (245, -43): Chiara Tamburlini (Sui; capt), Anne-Charlotte Mora (Fra), Mimi Rhodes (Eng) & Tenniel Chu (China, amateur); professionals in winning team received $35,000 each Runners-up: Team Briem (255, -33): Helen Briem (Ger; capt), Sophie Witt (Ger), Patricia Isabel Schmidt (Ger) & Mohammed Almushabi (Saudi; amateur).
Note: last of five Aramco Team Series pro-am events in 2024.
America
Volntrs of America
Played as the Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America (Sept 29-Oct 2). Second-placed Xiyu Lin (China) finished 1 shot behind Charley Hull (Eng), who recorded her second LPGA Tour win. [Old American GC, The Colony, nr Dallas, TX].
America
Aramco
Played as the inaugural Aramco Team Series - New York (Oct 14-16; Ladies European Tour event; each of the 36 teams includes three professionals and one amateur player). [Glen Oaks Club, Old Westbury, Long Island, NY].
Individual competition: Second-placed Nelly Korda (USA) finished 1 shot behind Charley Hull (Eng), who recorded her third LET win.
Team competition: Winners: Team J. Korda (391, -41; with a par at second playoff hole): Jessica Korda (USA), Karolin Lampert (Ger), Lina Boqvist (Swe) & Alexandra O'Laughlin (USA; amateur); professionals in winning team received $50,000 each. Runners-up: Team Popov (391, -41): Sophia Popov (Ger), Hayley Davis (Eng), Magdelena Simmermacher (Arg) & Cody Crowell (USA, amateur).
Third of four Aramco Team Series pro-am events in 2021.
Europe
FBMA
Played as the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open (Jan 10-12; LET season opener). Second-placed Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) finished 1 shot behind Charley Hull (Eng), who recorded her second Ladies European Tour win. [Saadiyat Beach GC, Abu Dhabi, UAE].
America
CME
Played as the CME Group Tour Championship (Nov 17-20; LPGA Tr season-ending event). Second-placed So Yeon Ryu (S Kor) finished 2 shots behind 20-year-old Charley Hull (Eng), who recorded her first LPGA Tour win. [Gold course, Tiburón GC, Naples, FL].
Awards
ISPS Handa
Hull (Eng) won the LET 2014 ISPS Handa Order of Merit, with earnings of €263,096 on the Tour. Gwladys Nocera (Fra) was second with €233,288; Lee-Ann Pace (RSA) was third with €167,005.
Europe
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Played as the Lalla Meryem Cup (March 13-16). Hull (Eng) beat Gwladys Nocera (Fra) at the first playoff hole (par-3 18th), to record her first professional win, a week before her 18th birthday. [Golf de l'Océan, Agadir, Morocco].
Awards
Rolex
Hull (Eng) won the LET 2013 Rolex Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. She finished sixth on the Tour's (money-based) Order of Merit, with earnings of €135,994.
124th US Open: the No.2 Course at Pinehurst once again plays host to this most illustrious championship (June 13-16). Wyndham Clark defends his title, having won at Los Angeles CC in 2023.
79th Women’s US Open: the second women’s major championship of the season gets underway at Lancaster CC in Pennsylvania. It’s the second time the championship has been held here.
(May 30-June 2).
Nelly Korda: won the Mizuho Americas Open (May 16-19) at Liberty National GC, continuing her extraordinary form in LPGA events. This was her sixth win in seven starts in 2024.
Xander Schauffele: recorded his first major championship win, and second record-equalling low score of 62 in a major. Only he, Branden Grace, Rickie Fowler and Shane Lowry have achieved this feat in a men’s major championship.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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