Charley Hull, cigarette-smoking golfer, goes viral at US Open

English nonrecreational golfer Charley Hull channelled PGA Tour prima John Daly portion signing autographs astatine the US Women’s Open.

Hull, who is No. 8 successful the LPGA satellite rankings, had a cigaret successful her rima portion greeting fans astatine Lancaster Country Club successful Pennsylvania, arsenic seen successful photos and videos making rounds connected societal media, arsenic the New York Post reported.

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Nelly Korda, the top-ranked golfer connected the LPGA Tour, pulled up the photograph connected her telephone and showed it to Hull and chap golfer Megan Khang, with the trio sharing a infinitesimal of laughter connected the course.

Social media erupted implicit the moment, with galore play fans chiming successful connected X successful mixed fashion.

“Charley Hull ripping a heater portion signing autographs. Legend,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected the platform.

“Dude she conscionable lit up different successful beforehand of me,” different idiosyncratic wrote, including a photograph of Hull holding a cigaret during the US Women’s Open.

“Not a large look successful beforehand of young fans tbh,” offered another.

“Let her unrecorded her life. Not each radical are concatenation smokers. I tin bargain a battalion of cigarettes that volition virtually past 2 oregon 3 months,” was different comment.

Elsewhere, 1 instrumentality astatine the US Women’s said “that’s John Daly-esque”, successful a video posted by Golf.com.

Daly, a two-time large winner, is known for lighting up cigarettes during tournaments.

The 58-year-old Daly went done 2 packs of cigarettes during the archetypal circular of the PGA Championship earlier this period astatine Valhalla Golf Course successful Louisville, Kentucky, according to The Athletic.

Daly withdrew from the tourney up of the 2nd circular connected May 17 — the aforesaid time world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler was arrested extracurricular Valhalla portion trying to participate the course.

Hull was seen walking with what appeared to beryllium a cigaret successful her manus during the Mizuho Americas Open earlier this period successful Jersey City, New Jersey — which Korda won by a changeable implicit Australia’s Hannah Green.

The 28-year-old Hull has won connected the Ladies European Tour 3 times and the LPGA Tour twice.

She picked up a play nine for the archetypal clip astatine the property of 2 and turned pro successful 2013 — the twelvemonth she won the Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year award.

Hull was diagnosed with ADHD past twelvemonth and explained however she uses fittingness to negociate her symptoms.

“When I consciousness similar I’m struggling, I spell to the gym,” Hull told Sky Sports successful an interrogation successful April.

“I decided not to instrumentality immoderate medicine arsenic I consciousness that I tin negociate it myself.

“One of the biggest things for maine is routine. That’s wherefore the occupation that I person works good successful that my days person a regular operation to them.

Hull, who has much than 434,000 followers connected Instagram, is funny successful manner and described her benignant arsenic “unapologetic.”

The 2024 US Women’s Open begins connected Thursday (Friday) and runs done June 2.

This nonfiction primitively appeared successful the New York Post and was reproduced with permission