Bizarre injury forces Charley Hull out of PIF London Championship
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The LET’s Global Series event will be without its biggest star, Charley Hull, this week. On the course, at least…
It’s been a strange few weeks for Charley Hull.
The World No.10 was forced to withdraw during the opening round of the Evian Championship in July after fainting on the course following a brief battle with a virus.
Two weeks later she rocked up at the Women’s Open for the final major of the LPGA season at Royal Porthcawl, told everyone she isn’t a fan of links, that she doesn’t really watch golf any more, and that she has a bad back, then finished tied-2nd having been in contention for 69 holes before back-to-back bogeys at the final hurdle killed her chances.
“All these things felt like the world was against me,” she joked ahead of the PIF London Championship on the Ladies European Tour this week.
But now Hull has been forced out of that tournament after picking up a bizarre injury in the build up to the Centurion showpiece.
The English star was explaining that she had been off of her usual fitness regime for six weeks when she managed to roll her ankle in the car park on Monday.
“I was buzzing coming out of physio after getting my back tape on,” she explained. “I booked a four or five-hour practice session with my coach last Wednesday, which is nice and quiet and I love practising. I was really excited all week.
“Coming out of the locker room, I had a skip in my step because I love practising. But then I fell over a curb in the car park and was lying on the floor shouting for my boyfriend to come get me. The security guard was watching me and I heard my ankle pop. I thought I broke it. Someone picked me up and put me in the car. I went down so quickly, I nearly fainted. I was not sure if I was overreacting. I started moving my ankle and it’s nowhere near as bad as I thought.”
Hull, who describes herself as a “clumsy person”, went to get an MRI scan and was advised by medical staff to not play this week.
She will, however, stay on site at Centurion.
“I’m devastated not to be competing in front of a home crowd again this week,” the 29-year-old, who grew up an hour away in Kettering, said. “However, I’m really looking forward to supporting the event and spending time with fans this week.”
The PIF London Championship – the third stop on the new PIF Global Series – will still feature major champions such as Georgia Hall, Celine Boutier and Patty Tavatanakit and takes place from August 8-10.