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). 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.
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].
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
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.
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.
FedEx Cup playoffs: the PGA Tour’s season finale starts in Memphis (TPC Southwind; Aug 11-14) and culminates in Atlanta (East Lake; Aug 25-28) … for the winner, the biggest prize in world golf … $18 million.
British Women’s Open: the year’s final women’s major championship heads for mighty Muirfield in East Lothian, Scotland, with Anna Nordqvist defending (Aug 4-7).
Anna Nordqvist: major championships aside, Solheim Cup stalwart Nordqvist notched up her first official Ladies European Tour win at the 2022 Ladies Dutch Open (aka Big Green Egg Open).
Cameron Smith: the Aussie PGA Tour player shot a blistering final round 64 to record his first major championship win at the home of golf in the 150th Open 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.
Golf Son Gual is home to a course frequently rated the No.1 layout on the holiday island of Mallorca. Opening for play in 2007, this Thomas Himmel design combines the openness of a links-style layout with the stylish bunkering and not infrequent water hazards more typically associated with parkland courses.
Son Gual is located just a few kilometres from Palma (Mallorca). Palma's Old City shows clear influences from the city's Arab past.
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