Charley Hull reveals that she doesn't 'really watch golf' anymore, is exhausted by the power game

Everyone has their own choices when it comes to what they want to watch. There’s an unyielding void of reality television, enough streaming content to drive you insane and “Happy Gilmore 2,” which seems to have been watched by everyone on the planet … and then some. One might assume that golfers would spend most of their time watching golf, but don’t tell that to two-time LPGA Tour winner (and “Happy Gilmore 2” cameo star) Charley Hull.

With the AIG Women’s British Open on the horizon, Hull spoke to the media and broke down her media diet, which has minimal golf, or at least very little 21st-century golf.

“I think golf back 20, 30 years ago, say 19—up to like 2000s, it was more of an art,” Hull admitted. “The players, even then men, would have to hit draws and fades and stuff it in, where I think now it's become more of a power game and where it's become—the technology has advanced so much everyone can just hit it straight and far, and it's kind of taking the art away from it.

“Whenever I watch golf, I watch golf and all that lot, like who won the British Open in the 1970s and that. I find it way more interesting back then. Like I wouldn't really watch golf now really.”

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Hull isn’t alone with a bit of exhaustion with the power game—there’s a reason the golf-ball rollback is on the way—and still, not many golfers would take as bold a stance as the always entertaining Brit.

To be fair, this isn’t new for Hull, who’s gone out of her way to mention that she actively dislikes “rubbish” golf training. "I don't train for golf, I train to keep my body and mind fit," she recently told BBC Sport. "I've no interest in doing it for golf. I just do it for myself, as a hobby, trying to beat my own fitness goals. I'm not on about training as in chipping and putting. I can do that for hours all day. It's all this boring movement stuff I've been doing since I was 14. It's just not for me."

Instead of golf, she’s been focused on dropping her 5K time down to 20 minutes and cutting back on cigarettes. She even mentioned that she used to smoke “40 a day,” so dropping that out of one’s system certainly can’t hurt heading into the Women’s British Open.

Although not tuning in for every golf event in her off-time, Charley Hull is still striving to win the big one. “I want to see my name on the trophy,” she admitted. “I don't care about being up in the headlines. I literally go out there and play golf and play good and hopefully get my name on the trophy.”

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