Forthright, funny and fast – goal-driven Hull lives life her way

A woman who lives life at a full, unafraid gallop is sitting still in a hallway at Sentosa Golf Club.

- Rohit Brijnath

This isn't Charley Hull's style but there's no stopping her anyway. If the Japanese - noted one study - speak at a rapid clip of 7.84 syllables per second, Hull's got them beat by a distance. Her words feel like gunfire and they're rarely coy and never cliche. This is instead an expressive, delightfully opinionated, independent spirit who once borrowed a lighter from a fan during a practice round.

Hull, here for the HSBC Women's World Championship, has two LPGA Tour titles, was fourth-best in ball-striking in 2024, has 720,000 Instagram followers and an attitude that's encapsulated in her Insta bio which reads: "Shy kids don't get sweets". As in, go for it, dammit.

The Englishwoman is tough, funny, unapologetic, forthright and doesn't so much speak sentences as expel them. Take a sample.

"I hardly think about golf at all during a round - except for when I am getting ready to play my shot.

"(Slow play) does my head in.

"I prefer playing golf at home with my friends than I do at a tournament. It's quicker and we have more fun.

"I don't understand lazy people."

She prefers sprinter Usain Bolt and boxer Tyson Fury, which makes you think she's in the wrong sport. Do you ever do anything slowly?

"No, nothing."