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Charley Hull had a brilliant finish at the recently concluded AIG Women’s Open, marking her fourth second-place finish in a major championship. Almost a week later, Hull already has her mind on her next challenge, which happens to be the PIF London Championship of the PIF Global Series.
However, her success at Royal Porthcawl continues to resonate throughout the golf world, leading Hull to speak on the subject during a press conference from the Centurion Club, the venue for this week’s Ladies European Tour (LET) event.
The Englishwoman took the opportunity to reveal where the key was for her to recover as she did at the final major of the season and enter the title contention.
“My coach Matt (Belsham), my putting coach Nick (Soto), and I worked very hard that week to get me where I am in my game, so big credit to them,” Hull told the reporters. “I was working on getting my hands more forward when putting because they were too far behind the ball. I also had too much wrist in my backswing with my coach on my full shot, so I was eliminating the wrist movement. I was working on staying more grounded through the ball on the way through — just random things like that.”
The truth is those “random things” worked wonders for Hull, who recovered from a first-round 73 at the AIG Women’s Open to nearly stage a legendary comeback.
The two-time LPGA Tour winner carded a second-round 71 to make the cut, but at that point was 11 strokes behind leader Miyu Yamashita. However, Hull found her best golf on moving day, carding six birdies and a bogey for a third-round 66, to climb into a tie for fourth.
On the final day, Hull continued to fight, carding five birdies without a bogey until the 15th hole. However, consecutive bogeys on the 16th and 17th meant she couldn’t force a playoff with Yamashita, who went on to win the event.
Following that result, Hull will be one of the heavy favorites at the PIF London Championship, where newly crowned World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul and rookie sensation Lottie Woad will also play.
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