Charley Hull has revealed she thought she had broken her ankle after slipping in a parking lot in the build-up to the PIF London Championship – the latest incident in a run of bad luck with health and injury concerns.
The English player is preparing for the tournament, which takes place at the Centurion Club, days after placing runner-up in a Major for the fourth time at the AIG Women’s Open.
Hull began the weekend of that event 11 shots adrift of eventual winner Miyu Yamashita before missing out by just two.
That comeback was even more remarkable given her health and injury setbacks in the weeks beforehand, which included withdrawing during the Amundi Evian Championship and hurting her back.
Ahead of this week’s tournament, she spoke to reporters, where she began by puttin her performance into context, saying: “When I was ill at Evian, I fainted three times, lost my balance, and then pulled my back out the week before.
“All these things felt like the world was against me, which was really frustrating because I had been looking forward to the British Open all year.
“On Wednesday night, I said to someone that I didn’t think I would make the cut and couldn’t picture it in my head.
“The next day we warmed up with a much shorter routine than usual, just an hour and a half before tee time instead of my usual longer warmup. So I just worked hard to get my feel back, and by Sunday, I didn’t feel like I struck a bad shot.”
Hull finished runner-up in a Major for the fourth time at the AIG Women’s Open
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Hull then revealed the details of her latest injury scare, which has put plans for a return to her usual fitness routine on hold.
She added: “Yes, I’ve been off for six weeks now. It’s been annoying. I was about to get back into it this week, then I rolled my ankle yesterday in the car park.
“I have an MRI coming up soon, but I probably won’t be able to train for another three weeks. There’s always something.”
Despite that, she is ready to go again this week, but admitted that she initially thought the tumble had caused serious damage.
“Yes, I feel 100%,” she said. “I was buzzing yesterday coming out of physio after getting my back tape on. I booked a four or five-hour practice session with my coach last Wednesday,…
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