{"id":623028,"date":"2026-04-22T07:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623028\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:04:12","slug":"charley-hull-still-cant-hit-the-gym-yet-so-shes-found-a-passion-youd-never-guess-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623028\/","title":{"rendered":"Charley Hull still can’t hit the gym yet, so she’s found a passion you’d never guess \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Photo: Christian Petersen]<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re missing those insane workout videos from world No.4 Charley Hull, there\u2019s a good reason. She\u2019s still not back in the gym.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Chevron Championship power rankings<\/a><\/p>\n

Hull is still recovering and rehabbing from a torn ankle ligament she suffered last year when she tripped and fell over a kerb in the Centurion Club carpark at the PIF London Championship.<\/p>\n

Asked how she\u2019s replacing the adrenalin rush of lifting weights and running, she pointed to working on the new build of a house in England.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing my house up, to be fair,\u201d Hull said on a rainy Tuesday ahead of the Chevron Championship. \u201cThat\u2019s been key for me kind of keeping my dopamine levels up. I decided if I don\u2019t make it at golf or win a major any time, soon I\u2019ll become an interior designer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her manager might be pitching a home makeover television series now, and the English golf star has the personality to star in her own show. She was such a fixture on social media with her latest feats in the weight room, and she\u2019s admitted that not being in the gym has affected her mentally, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou feel a bit depressed because I\u2019ve not been able to go to the gym,\u201d Hull said. \u201cIt\u2019s part of my routine and now it\u2019s obviously not there. Been doing a lot of rehab stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED: Charley Hull is the first woman from England to achieve this milestone<\/a><\/p>\n

Hull, who turned 30 in March, said she got inspiration to put a bathtub near the foot of her bed because of hotels she\u2019s stayed in with that setup. A little luxury at home. She didn\u2019t hire an interior designer, either. So when friends and family visit, they\u2019ll know that every cabinet and fixture and decoration was chosen by her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s stressful, but it\u2019s super-fun,\u201d Hull said. \u201cI kind of like being under the gun because obviously I want to move into my house as soon as possible. It\u2019s pretty much nearly finished now. I\u2019m just getting my bath fitted this week. Going for a cool look in my bedroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hull heads into the Chevron as the No.4 player in the world in a season in which she won the LET\u2019s PIF Ladies International in February and has posted three top-17 finishes in four starts on the LPGA. The most recent of her three LPGA victories came last year in the Kroger Queen City Championship.<\/p>\n

In the majors, Hull has top-10 results in all five championships and has come close without breaking through for a win. In this tournament in 2016, known then as the ANA Inspiration, she tied for second, one shot behind Lydia Ko.<\/p>\n

Now, the Chevron is being played at a third different venue in the past five years, at Memorial Park, which is listed at 6,228 metres (6,811 yards) for the tournament and normally plays as a par 70. This week, it will be a par 72, with two par 4s being made into par 5s.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayed nine holes [on Monday],\u201d Hull said. \u201cI really like the golf courses. I like the length of the golf course and how you\u2019re hitting more longer iron shots into the greens. I find that super-fun. I play that length at home with my friends, so doesn\u2019t feel too drastic. It\u2019s nice to not be coming in with a wedge every time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hull was forced to alter her preparation since the injury. She admits she\u2019s clumsy and has sustained many injuries over the course of her career, but this one has made for a long recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost a bit of ball speed and club speed since my injuries and obviously not being able to get into the gym. It\u2019s been eight months now,\u201d Hull said. \u201cI\u2019m starting to notice it now, quite a lot. So just been working on hitting the ball harder since I\u2019ve been home and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for when she can get back in the gym, she thought she was going to be cleared a few weeks ago and she\u2019s still waiting. Until then, she still has golf tournaments to play and interior design to keep her busy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Photo: Christian Petersen] If you\u2019re missing those insane workout videos from world No.4 Charley Hull, there\u2019s a good…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[4225,64,63,36444,208757,755,138747,14149,464,58251,276984,44,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-623028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-article","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-charley-hull","12":"tag-chevron-championship","13":"tag-golf","14":"tag-golf-digest","15":"tag-gym","16":"tag-interior-design","17":"tag-lpga","18":"tag-memorial-park-golf-course","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}