
On one hand it seems faintly ridiculous to think that today (20 March) Charley Hull is celebrating her 30th birthday; on the other, she seems to have been around forever.
Aged nine her name popped up when she won a Ladies’ Golf Union event at Turnberry when, playing off a handicap of 26, she beat a 46-year-old woman in a play-off. She achieved plenty in the amateur game and was part of a brilliant Curtis Cup team to prevail at Nairn and her first five starts on the Ladies European Tour produced five runners-up finishes.