U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN

July 9, 2023

Charley Hull

Pebble Beach Golf Links

Flash Interview

Q. Charley Hull, 6-under 66. Can you talk us through that magnificent round out there today.

CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, I played really well. Started off fast really from the first hole, hit it to four feet. But I missed a birdie putt and then eagled the second. Birdied the next few.

I just played really well. Felt really confident going into today's round and very happy with it.

I thought I had my putt on the last, but I don't know, it was a good try. Just died on me.

Q. Ultimately it looks like you might come up a little bit short. What are you going to take away from the week?

CHARLEY HULL: Just the confidence. I've been working hard on my swing last week when I was at home, so I feel really confident and just carrying on working on that, and can't wait for the Evian Championship now.

Q. What will you remember about this historic week at Pebble Beach and the U.S. Women's Open?

CHARLEY HULL: Just how pretty it is. It's so nice. I love the golf course. It's unbelievable. Obviously kind of watch it growing up as a kid, and it's a great course to be playing out here. It's pretty special.

Q. What exactly were you working on with your coach heading into this week?

CHARLEY HULL: Well, I've been hitting it really well since last year when I won in Texas, and then haven't really been working on my swing too much and it kind of got out over the last few weeks when I missed the cut, so just working on taking it back a bit more close, a bit more around my body, and when I come down stay in my tilts, so I'm getting more compression on the golf ball.

I've gone back in the gym the last week or so, as well, just trying to get my strength back up.

Q. Your style of play out here is pretty aggressive --

CHARLEY HULL: It is, yeah.

Q. That kind of separates you from some of the other players in the field. Can you talk about where that comes from?

CHARLEY HULL: I'm quite an aggressive person when it comes to life. But I'm quite like fast and I just feel like I'm quite aggressive on the golf course. I like to go for pins. At the end of the day it's just a game, and might as well make it fun.

Q. What other parts of life are you aggressive in?

CHARLEY HULL: I just like -- I don't know, I'm just -- I don't know really. I'm pretty -- I like to -- if I want something, I'll go and get it. That's kind of my mentality.

Q. What was the mindset coming into today, just coming out there and playing some really fearless golf?

CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, just make as many birdies as I can because at the end of the day I'm chasing it down, so it's quite fun. I quite enjoy chasing someone because you got to make birdies and you got to make a move up that leaderboard.

So, yeah, that was pretty much my mindset.

Q. What does a day like today validate for you about your game?

CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, it was really good. Showed me that you work hard and you get rewards. I had my coach out here with me this week. He flew back on Wednesday. Yeah, it was pretty good.

Q. What went into the decision to hit the 3-wood from behind the tree on 18?

CHARLEY HULL: Because at the end of the day I had to make an eagle to give it a chance for a playoff or something. I'm not playing for second place. So I said, do I get sweets, which is candy, so it means like I've got to go and take it, so I just hit trapped 3-wood, hit a great shot. Just rolled into that left bunker but it was a good golf shot. It was a shame because hit a good tee shot straight at that tree but I didn't think it was going to end right behind it.

Q. Was there any hesitation going into that or no?

CHARLEY HULL: No. No, there wasn't. At home I always played the aggressive shot. It's paid off once in a while.