Solheim Cup: Charley Hull ‘box office’ and targeting Team Europe success after LPGA Tour near-miss
Minjee Lee squandered a five-shot lead to Charley Hull before beating her to victory at the Kroger Queen City Championship; Hull will be part of Suzann Pettersen’s Solheim Cup team for Team Europe at Finca Cortesin in Spain, live from September 22-24 on Sky Sports Golf
Charley Hull is relishing the prospect of securing a historic third consecutive Solheim Cup for Team Europe later this month after narrowly missing out again on an LPGA Tour victory.
The Englishwoman was five shots behind Minjee Lee with eight holes left to play of the Kroger Queen City Championship on Sunday, only to produce a sensational back-nine charge to force a play-off.
Hull cancelled out a birdie at the 11th with a dropped shot at the next, where Lee made a double-bogey to see her lead cut to three, before three consecutive birdies from the 14th moved her alongside her playing partner on 16 under.
A sensational putt from off the back of the green by Hull on the first extra hole was millimetres away from completing a dramatic victory, stopping alongside the pin, before Lee secured the win with a tap-in birdie on the second play-off hole.
Hull’s runner-up finish follows second-placed efforts at the US Women’s Open and the AIG Women’s Open this summer, with the 27-year-old now focused on making a sixth consecutive Solheim Cup appearance for Team Europe.
“I’m looking forward to Solheim,” Hull said. “I’m looking forward to doing some work next week with my coach and just getting into it again and closing out the season.
“Suzann (Pettersen) is going to be a great captain. She’s one of my favourite players ever to play the game, so it’s pretty cool. I wish she was on the team.”
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