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Hull at the 2013 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name	Charley Esmee Hull
Born	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28) Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	England
Spouse	Ozzie Smith (m. 2019; div. 2021)
Career
Turned professional	2013
Current tour(s)	Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Ladies European Tour	4
Other	1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T2: 2016
LPGA Championship	T6: 2018
U.S. Women's Open	T2: 2023
Women's British Open	2nd: 2023
The Evian Championship	T3: 2022
Achievements and awards
LET Rookie of the Year	2013
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.

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 at Turnberry. Aged 10 she played alongside Morgan Pressel in the British Open Pro-Am. 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, reaching a high of number three in the world.

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

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

Professional career

2013

Hull turned professional on 1 January 2013. She made her professional debut in March 2013 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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. 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, which lifted her to fourth place in the final Race to the CME Globe points standings.

2019

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

2020

Hull at the 2022 Dana Open

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. 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. In October, she finished in a tie for 7th place in the Women's PGA Championship.

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

Personal life

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

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

Hull has publicly spoken out against single-sex golf clubs. 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.

Hull married Ozzie Smith, a mixed martial arts fighter, in her hometown on the 21 September 2019, and divorced in 2021.

Amateur wins

2011 Ione D Jones/Doherty Championship, Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Championship, English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
2012 Harder Hall Invitational

Professional wins (7)

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	Ryu So-yeon	500,000
2	2 Oct 2022	Volunteers of America Classic	67-64-71-64=266	−18	1 stroke	Lin Xiyu	255,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

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

Ladies European Tour wins (4)

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	Gwladys Nocera	67,500
2	12 Jan 2019	Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open	67-72-69=208	−8	1 stroke	Marianne Skarpnord	38,115
3	16 Oct 2021	Aramco Team Series – New York	69-70-65=204	−12	1 stroke	Nelly Korda	25,864
4	2 Nov 2024	Aramco Team Series – Riyadh	65-67-66=198	−18	3 strokes	Nicole Broch Estrup	69,191

LET playoff record (1–3)

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

Other wins (1)

2020 Rose Ladies Series – Event 1

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Chevron Championship	T38		T7	T26	T2	T14	T6	T12
Women's PGA Championship				T26	16	CUT	T6	CUT	T7
U.S. Women's Open				T42	CUT	T21	T10	T16	T30
The Evian Championship		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	2024
Chevron Championship	T14	T25	CUT	T23
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	T20	T2	T19
Women's PGA Championship	T21	CUT	CUT	T16
The Evian Championship	T25	T3	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open	CUT	T22	2	T20

Top 10 Did not play CUT = Missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	1	0	1	3	9	11	10
U.S. Women's Open	1	0	1	2	6	10	8
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	2	5	10	6
The Evian Championship	0	1	1	1	3	11	8
Women's British Open	1	0	1	1	7	13	8
Totals	3	1	4	9	30	55	40

Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2014 ANA – 2016 Women's PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2018 ANA – 2018 Women's PGA)

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
* 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
2013	99
2014	38
2015	41
2016	16
2017	28
2018	24
2019	26
2020	34
2021	33
2022	17
2023	8

Team appearances

Amateur

European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 2011
Junior Vagliano Trophy: (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011
Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2011
European Girls' Team Championship (representing the England): 2012
Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2012 (winners)
Espirito Santo Trophy (representing England): 2012

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2013 (winners), 2015, 2017, 2019 (winners), 2021 (winners), 2023 (tie, cup retained), 2024
International Crown (representing England): 2016, 2018

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	27	15–9–3	3–3–1	6–3–1	6–3–1	16.5	61.1
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
2024	5	3–2–0	1–0-0 def. N. Korda 6&4	1–1–0 lost w/ E. Henseleit 3&2 won w/ E. Henseleit 1 up	1–1–0 lost w/ L. Grant 5&4 won w/ G. Hall 2 up	3	60.0

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