It was a wretched begin to her Olympic Video games, however Charley Hull acknowledged it as solely the beginning.
Getting back from harm, she shot 81 within the first spherical at Le Golf Nationwide, third worst among the many 60-player discipline.
Now, simply over every week later, she finds herself in competition to win the ISPS Handa Girls’s Scottish Open.
Hull shot 4-under 68 on Friday at Dundonald Hyperlinks to achieve 6 beneath for the match and sit two again of chief Minjee Lee by means of two rounds.
Within the 5 rounds since her 81 (three on the Olympics and two this week), Hull has gone, 71-69-68-70-68. The latter two have comes beneath, at instances, fierce Scottish circumstances. Hull has said earlier than that hyperlinks golf just isn’t her favourite model however mentioned Friday that she’s realized to embrace it.
“I do like hyperlinks golf. I really like hyperlinks golf. However often my sport, I discover it arduous to play in, particularly a match as a result of I really feel like my sport is constructed for America,” she mentioned. “However the previous couple of weeks, me and my coach have been engaged on doing extra three-quarter swings so I can do a low ball flight for the British Open. So, I believe it’s really paying off.”
Hull’s Paris look was her first begin since a freak accident following a missed reduce on the Amundi Evian in early July. Hull mentioned she fell whereas getting out of the bathe and injured her shoulder. She subsequently withdrew from an Aramco occasion on the Girls European Tour after which made seven bogeys, one double and no birdies in her return at Le Golf Nationwide.
Friday, Hull had one eagle, six birdies and 4 bogeys as she seeks her first LPGA win since 2022.
“I performed fairly stable at present. It was tremendous windy on the market this morning. I used to be fairly chilly,” Hull mentioned. “However I felt prefer it was a reasonably good rating. Made just a few birdies and an eagle on 18, as nicely. So yeah, I’m fairly pleased with my sport.”
The AIG Girls’s Open is subsequent up, on the Outdated Course at St. Andrews.
She is utilizing this week to sharpen her sport for the season’s ultimate main, one through which she completed runner-up a yr in the past at Walton Heath. And whereas she does favor the point-and-click nature of U.S. golf, she enjoys tough circumstances.
“I hope [the wind] does blow this weekend,” she mentioned, “and I believe it’s a great take a look at and a great follow for subsequent week.”
