TIMING IS EVERYTHING

With the AIG Women's Open at St Andrews, the Olympics and the Solheim Cup still to come, Georgia Hall has everything in place for a summer charge

-  Georgia Hall

I want to peak from now until the end of August.” That’s Georgia Hall’s plan, as she approaches a packed summer schedule of tournaments that includes two Majors and representing Team GB at the Olympic Games. There is a strong likelihood of a fifth Solheim Cup appearance, too.

Hall, like many other players, is currently falling victim to the dominance of World No.1 Nelly Korda. In awe of the number of titles the American player has achieved so far this season (six out of nine at the time of writing), Hall says, “I just can’t get my head around it really. In a way I hope it continues like that because it’s just amazing to see and is fantastic for the women’s game.

“Although we obviously want to win more than anything, for her to keep winning like she is, it’s just doing great things for us, promoting the tournaments and the tour in general and making people more aware of what we are doing.”

But, as Hall adds, “Golf is a funny game. I mean, players every year are just so up and down. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the next six months.” If Hall’s plan for 2024 is anything to go by, it will be interesting to see if Korda has peaked too soon.

Compared to this time last year, when the 28-yearold Englishwoman had achieved five top-ten finishes – including two runner-up spots and narrowly missing out in a play-off against Celine Boutier in the LPGA Drive On Championship – she has had a very quiet start to her LPGA season, without a single top-20 finish. Hall last won an LPGA title in 2020, defeating Ashleigh Buhai in a sudden-death play-off at the Cambia Portland Classic, and at the time of writing is ranked 36th in the Rolex Women’s Rankings.