Charley Hull has played down her rivalry with world No 1 Nelly Korda ahead of the AIG Women’s Open and admits it has ‘hurt’ to have suffered so many near-misses in majors.The world No 7 is among the home hopes at Royal Lytham & St Annes aiming to become the first Englishwoman to win a major since 2018, when Georgia Hall claimed her breakthrough title at the same venue.
Hull has two runner-up finishes in three years at the AIG Women’s Open among five seconds in majors, including to Korda at the US Women’s Open in June.
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Highlights from the final round of the US Women’s Open, where Nelly Korda claimed an impressive victory
Korda won the first two majors of the year and is expected to challenge for a fifth major title this week, with Hull quick to praise the American’s achievements and reiterate her ambition to find an elusive major.”I don’t really see it as a rivalry at the minute, because no offence, Nelly [Korda] has got however many majors and I’ve got none,” Hull said in her press conference. “I’ve got five second places.
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Charley Hull spoke to the media ahead of the AIG Women’s Open, where she finished runner-up in 2023 and 2025
“Let me get my major in first and then that’s something we can think about in the future. “What Nelly is doing for the game of golf is unbelievable and so good to watch – she’s a nice girl, as well.
“I just want to get over the line and win my first major. Five second-place finishes in majors kind of hurts. I remember looking at the posters walking in on the first day from last year and was like ‘oh, I wish that was me’ [with the trophy].”
Hull’s runner-up finish at the US Women’s Open is her only top-15 finish in her last seven starts, with the 30-year-old posting a tied-44th finish at the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open last week despite a quadruple-bogey nine during her opening round.
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2026-07-28 17:00:00
