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\t\t\tAhead of the 2025 AIG Women\u2019s Open,<\/a> Charley Hull talks pace of play, \u2018unfair\u2019 World Rankings, and why she didn\u2019t bother with a yardage book during a practice round at Royal Porthcawl. <\/p>\n Charley Hull is always good for a juicy quote. She\u2019s not one for being filtered,<\/a> nor is she that bothered about pandering to the masses or following convention. She prefers to do things her way, which is why she has been more focused on running 5km this season than engaging in golf-specific forms of speed training.<\/p>\n As for how she has been preparing for her latest tilt at breaking her major duck at Royal Porthcawl<\/a>, she\u2019s got an interesting story about that too \u2013 as well as some controversial opinions about links golf which may well be worth digging out if she manages to get over the line come Sunday\u2026<\/p>\n Q. You\u2019ve had four seconds in majors now. You must be thinking it\u2019s going to happen soon?<\/p>\n Yeah, 100%. I\u2019ve always been knocking on the door. Just gotta get it done and dusted, but the only person who can do it is me, so I\u2019ve just got to pull my head out of my ass and get it done.<\/p>\n Q. Do you like links courses?<\/p>\n No. Not in competitions. I like playing them with friends when you can laugh at everyone hitting bad shots, because I\u2019m usually the one hitting the bad shots. But in a tournament, I like more of a parkland golf course. But I\u2019ve just got to see it as a challenge. <\/p>\n I just find there\u2019s a lot of luck on links golf courses, it\u2019s not always the best player who wins. You don\u2019t have to be the best ball-striker \u2013 you can scab it around and still get it round.<\/p>\n Q. Is that the No.1 goal for you now?<\/p>\n Definitely. I\u2019d rather win a major than be World No.1 because I don\u2019t think golf rankings can be super-fair \u2013 it all depends on how many tournaments you play in. But I think in the majors, you\u2019re playing against everyone that week, and when you win, it\u2019s pretty cool.<\/p>\n Q. Will you aim to play Porthcawl before the Women\u2019s Open?<\/p>\n Yeah, I\u2019ll try and get down there and play 18 holes. I don\u2019t like to know a golf course too well because then you start thinking too much. I like to know it just enough, but not enough to overthink it. I don\u2019t even use the yardage book when I play.<\/p>\n Q. Who did you look up to when you were younger?<\/p>\n Tiger Woods, Seve [Ballesteros].<\/p>\n Q. Seve was interesting to you? Back then it was all about how to shape the shot and create all the shots and play blades and all that. I think golf was 10 times more interesting back then.<\/p>\n Q. Do you think you\u2019d have won more if everybody had to play blades?<\/p>\n Yep, 100%.<\/p>\n Q. When people ask why you haven\u2019t won a major, maybe the reason is driver technology?<\/p>\n Yeah, I\u2019m quite a good driver of the golf ball, and my favourite driver was one I had when I was young. I always used to play the small-headed ones. Even these days, I hate it when they bring too big a driver out. I just like old school. I think if this was the \u201980s or the \u201990s, I would have been really good.<\/p>\n Q. Do you build your schedule around the majors now?<\/p>\n I do, but I build my schedule mostly around being at home, because I don\u2019t like being away from home. I\u2019m such a home person. If I didn\u2019t play golf, I would just love to just live in England or the UK. I feel like, because I\u2019ve been travelling since I was 12 years old or whatever, it takes a toll on you. I just do two weeks on, two weeks off here and there.<\/p>\n Q. Why do you think you\u2019re so popular with fans?<\/p>\n It\u2019s mad. I\u2019m just being myself. If you like me, you like me. If you don\u2019t, lump it. Too many people in life, especially in sport, they think they\u2019ve got to maintain some type of image. Just be yourself. People\u2019s opinions don\u2019t pay bills, so you\u2019ve got to be yourself.<\/p>\n Q. Across all tours, they\u2019re trying to make golf quicker at the moment. Do you think it\u2019s working?<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know. I think the way they\u2019re doing it is a bit weird. If it was up to me, I\u2019d cut the field down to 100 players every week, then make the cut 50 and play in two-balls.<\/p>\n Q. How would you tackle tardy pace of play?<\/p>\n Shot penalties, and if you get caught too often, at a certain point, you\u2019d lose your card for the year and go back to Q-School. That\u2019s the way I\u2019d do it.<\/p>\n Charley Hull\u2019s Women\u2019s Open record<\/p>\n 2012: MC (Royal Liverpool) \t\tAbout the author<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t![\"Charley](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/charley-hull-solheim-cup-2021.jpg\")
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Yeah, my dad always used to get me watching the Seve short game DVDs as a kid. I wish golf was like that now because I think it was way more interesting back when Seve played. These days it\u2019s all just about how far you hit the golf ball. <\/p>\n
2013: MC (St Andrews)
2014: T12 (Royal Birkdale)
2015: T31 (Turnberry)
2016: T17 (Woburn)
2017: T16 (Kingsbarns)
2018: MC (Royal Lytham & St Annes)
2019: T24 (Woburn)
2020: MC (Royal Troon)
2021: MC (Carnoustie)
2022: T22 (Muirfield)
2023: 2 (Walton Heath)
2024: T20 (St Andrews)<\/p>\n
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