Charley Hull insists her greatest purpose for 2025 is away from the golf course forward of her bid to make a successful begin to her Women European Tour season on the PIF Saudi Women Worldwide.
Hull returns to LET motion for the primary time since her victory at November’s Aramco Staff Collection win in Riyadh, the place she claimed a three-shot win and first worldwide title in over two years.
The world No 11 is among the many pre-tournament favourites at Riyadh Golf Course, having posted top-20 finishes in every of her final eight worldwide begins, though is dedicated to bettering her general health and well-being forward of her outcomes.
“My main goal actually isn’t on the golf course,” Hull informed the media forward of the occasion, stay on Sky Sports activities from Thursday. “I want to try and get my 5k run time down to 20 minutes by the end of the year. It’s around 26 minutes at the moment.
“I do not practice in golf. I’ve zero curiosity in coaching in golf. I do not wish to simply be a golfer. I wish to be an athlete. I practice as a result of it is good for my psychological well being and it is good for me. I simply take pleasure in it as a pastime.”
Hull is about to crew up with Germany’s Chiara Noja, who she confronted in an exhilarating play-off battle on the 2022 Aramco Staff Collection introduced by PIF – Jeddah, with the distinctive format seeing a 36-hole crew competitors performed alongside a 54-hole particular person stroke play occasion.
Talking about Noja, Hull added: “Yeah, she’s super. She’s a really good player. I’ve got Maria Fassi on my team as well. I think it’s just going to be super fun and it’s nice to have people to chat to out there. I just want to have fun on the golf course and feel like part of a team.”
Charley Hull is making her first look of the yr on the Women European Tour, having completed tied-Nineteenth on the LPGA Tour on the Founders Cup final week
The format sees 28 groups of 4 professionals compete over the primary two days, with the highest two scores on every gap counting in the direction of the crew rating, whereas the three-day contest has a file $5m prize purse – equal to the boys’s occasion.
“It’s really good and moves the game forward,” Hull mentioned concerning the elevated prize purse. “It’s pretty cool to have the same prize money as men. So I think it’s really, really good.”
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World No 3 Ruoning Yin makes her Saudi Arabia golf debut and is the highest-ranked participant within the area, whereas Danielle Kang is amongst her crew having captained a facet to victory within the 2024 Aramco Staff Collection.
“I like the team aspect of golf,” Kang mentioned. “The men have the whole team thing going on with LIV Golf, and they have something to move for that’s a team more than just you. I don’t know, I think it just brings out the best in me whenever I get to play for someone else.”
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