Aramco Team Series: confident Hull bounces back after quintuple bogey to grab share of lead in London
- Charley Hull rattles in 10 birdies in a round of 68 to finish in tie for the lead with American Nelly Korda
- Hull says she never lost confidence despite the 10 she took on the par-5 sixth hole at Centurion Club
Most golfers would implode after taking 10 on a par 5 early in their first round, Charley Hull went completely the other way at the Aramco Team Series London event on Friday.
The 27-year-old bounced back from a quintuple bogey at the 474-yard sixth hole to finish at five-under-par and in a share for the lead with Nelly Korda at a drenched Centurion Club.
Hull rattled off eight birdies in the next 12 holes, starting at the seventh, and said she never lost her confidence, despite the struggles which started with a tee shot going out of bounds “by a long way”.
“I just know that I’m confident and I’m playing well,” Hull said. “It’s one bad hole, even though it’s a 10. I know it does effect a lot of people, but I managed to bounce back.”
The Englishwoman came into the tournament on a high after finishing second at the US Open last week. It can’t have hurt that she played the Hemel Hempstead course a fortnight ago from the tees set up for last week’s LIV Golf London event, and finished five-under then as well.
“It’s just confidence with my swing,” she said. “I’ve actually had a pretty good season. I know that I’ve missed three cuts, but other than that I’ve not really finished outside the top 20.