Charley Hull has returned to success on the LPGA Tour after winning the Kroger Queen City Championship in dramatic fashion.
Hull has claimed her first LPGA Tour title since 2022 at the Kroger Queen City Championship, and the third of her career.
She trailed Jeeno Thitikul by one shot entering the final hole, which the world number one four-putted for bogey.
Hull meanwhile converted her two-foot birdie chance to emerge victorious at TPC River’s Bend.
The English star ended her tournament in Hamilton Township, Ohio on 20-under, one shot ahead of Thitikul.
Charley Hull reveals significant injury after winning the Kroger Queen City Championship
The impressive victory comes despite Hull dealing with various injury issues, which she revealed immediately after her win.
“Actually I’m a bit injured at the moment,” she told reporters. “I’ve torn the ligament completely in half on my foot in a car park the week after the British Open at a golf event.
“Got told it could be up to nine weeks I could be out. I was like, wow, I turned it round in three weeks; played last week.
“Had an MRI on my back as well because I’ve picked up a box couple months before Evian and I think I tore something in my back because it never got better.
“When I fell down when I did my ankle, got the MRI and I’ve got some cysts growing from where I tore the muscle. I’ve got a healthy spine. It’s just like managing it and stuff.
“I think I’ve been slapped with every injury at the minute, so I have just been managing my way through it this week. My body has been actually pretty good. A little bit sore.
“But no, I’ve just been absolutely grinding hard at home after I had 14 days off because of my injury, and then the last week hitting so many golf balls and practicing hard. Hard work pays off, and it has and I just feel good at the minute.”
Charley Hull suggests why she plays better when she’s injured
Hull’s superb success comes amid a dramatic season in general, typified by the English ace collapsing during the Evian Championship.
Much to her frustration, she was forced to withdraw from the tournament, while she needed a protective boot on her foot after suffering that car park injury.
But it seems that such issues have remarkably worked in her favour, with Hull believing she plays better when she has injuries.
Asked why she thinks that is, she replied: “Because it slows my mind down. I always find when I’m poorly, ill, I usually play good golf.
“My mind is 100 miles an hour, but when I’m poorly I find I’m more relaxed, so… and I probably expect less and do less. My days are usually full out, going to the gym, golf, practice.
“When I’m kind of poorly or injured I do a lot less and I put less pressure on myself. Then I kind of do better sometimes.”
Joining the LPGA Tour in 2015, Hull’s previous victories arrived at the 2016 CME Group Tour Championship and The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America in 2022.
And she’s just added $300,000 to her career earnings after her week in Ohio, where she carded rounds of 68, 65, 67 and 68.
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