Charley Hull
Hull at the 2013 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameCharley Esmee Hull
Born (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 27)
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality England
Spouse
Ozzie Smith
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(m. 2019; div. 2021)​
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour3
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT2: 2016
Women's PGA C'shipT6: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenT2: 2023
Women's British Open2nd: 2023
Evian ChampionshipT3: 2022
Achievements and awards
LET Rookie of the Year2013
Best International Newcomer,
SJA British Sports Awards		2013
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit		2014
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year		2014

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.[1]

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 [2] at Turnberry.[3] Aged 10 she played alongside Morgan Pressel in the British Open Pro-Am.[4] 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,[5] reaching a high of number three in the world.[6]

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.[7] 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,[4] a major championship on the LPGA Tour, to which Hull had been invited.[8] The LGU re-instated Hull to the team and Hull finished tied for 38th at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.[9]

Hull also competed in the 2012 Women's British Open, where she was tied for third after the first round.[10][11]

Professional career

2013

Hull turned professional on 1 January 2013.[12] She made her professional debut in March 2013[13] 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.[14]

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.[15] With her strong debut on the tour, Hull was awarded the 2013 LET Rookie of the Year award[16] 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[17] Hull was also on the shortlist for the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year, losing to 16-year-old swimmer Josef Craig.[18]

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.[19] 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.[20]

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.[21] She ended the 2014 season by becoming the youngest player to win the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit.[22]

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.[23] 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,[24] which lifted her to fourth place in the final Race to the CME Globe points standings.[25]

2019

On 12 January 2019, Hull won the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open at the Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in Abu Dhabi.[26]

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.[27] 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.[28] In October, she finished in a tie for 7th place in the Women's PGA Championship.[29]

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.[30] She finished the tournament in second place at 212 (−7), four shots behind Korda's 208 (−11).[31]

Personal life

Hull's mother and her maternal grandparents are Polish. She has two half-sisters, one from each parent.[32][33]

Based at Woburn Golf Club, Hull spends her winters with her family based in Florida.[1]

Hull has publicly spoken out against single-sex golf clubs.[34] 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.[35]

Hull married Ozzie Smith, a mixed martial arts fighter, in her hometown on the 21 September 2019.[36]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 20 Nov 2016 CME Group Tour Championship 67-70-66-66=269 −19 2 strokes South Korea Ryu So-yeon 500,000
2 2 Oct 2022 Volunteers of America Classic 67-64-71-64=266 −18 1 stroke China Lin Xiyu 255,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2023 Kroger Queen City Championship Australia Minjee Lee Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share (€)
1 16 Mar 2014 Lalla Meryem Cup 68-71-68-62=269 −15 Playoff France Gwladys Nocera 67,500
2 12 Jan 2019 Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open 67-72-69=208 −8 1 stroke Norway Marianne Skarpnord 38,115
3 16 Oct 2021 Aramco Team Series – New York 69-70-65=204 −12 1 stroke United States Nelly Korda 25,864

LET playoff record (1–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2013 UniCredit Ladies German Open Spain Carlota Ciganda Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2014 Lalla Meryem Cup France Gwladys Nocera Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2014 Ladies German Open Scotland Kylie Walker Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2022 Aramco Team Series - Jeddah Germany Chiara Noja Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results generally not in chronological order.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron Championship T38 T7 T26 T2 T14 T6 T12 [a]
Women's PGA Championship T26 16 CUT T6 CUT T7
U.S. Women's Open T42 CUT T21 T10 T16 T30
The Evian Championship[b] CUT T47 T38 T52 T32 T22 T30 NT
Women's British Open CUT CUT T12 T31 T17 T16 CUT T24 CUT
Tournament 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship T14 T25 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T21 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT T20 T2
The Evian Championship T25 T3 CUT
Women's British Open CUT T22 2
  1. ^ Forced to withdraw prior to the start of the tournament after testing positive for COVID-19.
  2. ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major on the LPGA Tour in 2013.
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 1 0 1 3 8 10 9
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 2 4 9 5
U.S. Women's Open 0 1 0 1 2 5 9 7
The Evian Championship 0 0 1 1 1 3 10 8
Women's British Open 0 1 0 1 1 6 12 7
Totals 0 3 1 4 9 26 50 36

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nds 3rds Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2012 2 1 0 0 0 0 T38 n/a n/a 73.33 n/a
2013 4 2 0 0 0 0 T17 n/a n/a 71.83 n/a
2014 10 7 0 0 1 2 T3 n/a n/a 71.68 n/a
2015 14 13 0 0 0 3 4 359,929 48 71.43 32
2016 22 19 1 1 0 5 1 1,114,360 15 70.60 18
2017 22 18 0 0 0 3 T6 442,942 46 71.10 43
2018 24 22 0 1 1 6 2 869,012 19 70.28 16
2019 22 17 0 1 0 2 2 885,961 19 71.39 58
2020 8 6 0 0 0 2 T6 281,594 40 71.36 31
2021 19 17 0 0 0 2 5 392,308 55 70.73 35
2022 18 13 1 0 1 5 1 1,084,968 21 70.15 16
2023 18 14 0 4 0 5 2 2,395,650 6 70.30 15
Totals^ 167 (2015) 139 (2015) 2 7 3 33 1 7,826,724 42

^ official as of 2023 season[42][43][44]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year Ranking Source
2012 352 [45]
2013 99 [46]
2014 38 [47]
2015 41 [48]
2016 16 [49]
2017 28 [50]
2018 24 [51]
2019 26 [52]
2020 34 [53]
2021 33 [54]
2022 17 [55]
2023 8 [56]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 22 12–7–3 2–3–1 5–2–1 5–2–1 13.5 61.3
2013 3 2–1–0 1–0–0 def. P. Creamer 5&4 0–0–0 1–1–0 lost w/ C. Matthew 2&1
won w/ J. Ewart Shadoff 2 up 		2 66.7
2015 5 4–1–0 0–1–0 lost to C. Kerr 3&2 2–0–0 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 		4 80.0
2017 3 1–1–1 1–0–0 def. B.Lang 1 up 0–0–1 halved w/ M. Reid 0–1–0 lost w/ G.Hall 2&1 1.5 50.0
2019 4 2–0–2 0–0–1 halved w/ M. Khang 2–0–0 won w/ A. Muñoz 2&1
won w/ A. Muñoz 4&3 		0–0–1 halved w/ A. Muñoz 3 75.0
2021 4 2–2–0 0–1–0 lost to J. Korda 3&1 1–1–0 won w/ E. Pedersen 1 up
lost w/ E. Pedersen 2&1 		1–0–0 won w/ E. Pedersen 3&2 2 50.0
2023 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 lost to D. Kang 4&2 0–1–0 lost w/ E. Pedersen 5&4 1–0–0 won w/ L. Maguire 4&3 1 33.3

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