Chandler, Arizona – Charley Hull ended her long and active day without any blood oozing through her socks, with only a 63-under 63 bogey, which gave her a lead in Nanna Koerstz Madsen in the first round of the Ford Championship game Thursday.
Nelly Korda returned to the tournament after skipping the Asian swing, rallying with four birdies in the last nine games and opening with a bid of 67, catching up with Hull, who has been fun.
Her driver’s key to the Hull round at Whirlwind Golf Club was her driver, and she wasn’t even sure what would happen. She adjusted the club early this week and did the formal work of taylormade on it.
“And I’m really, really, really happy today,” Hull said. “I think that puts me in a lot of good positions. I’m in a good position. My stance is great. My ball is great. I’ve shot very well with a gun.”
Hull was so good that she thought more about four birdie putts than the nine birdie putts she made, which included a six holes in the turn of five birdies.
Koerstz Madsen also had nine birdies, offset by a bogey in five five shots. One of her birds was a reward, shooting a bunker on the 10th hole, which she felt would be driving 8 feet through the hole, except that it hit the pin and dropped a surprising bird.
Brooke Henderson and Sei Young Kim were 65 players on the low-scoring day. The key is to bring the ball to the fairway to handle the sturdy green.
Hull one day. She woke up at 2 a.m., called her family in England, and then headed to the gym at 4 a.m. and ran 4.4 miles on the treadmill.
She is very fitness these days. The biggest goal she set for 2025 has nothing to do with golf, but runs out of 5K in 20 minutes. Hull had such a tough time earlier this week that she noticed the blood oozing out of her socks on her toes.
She also bet $10,000 with fellow Pro Ryan Evans, and she will quit smoking.
Everything seems to be going well, especially on the golf course. She has few positions and is birdie or better in every hole. She thought it might be better.
“I feel like I actually left a good four shots there,” he said. “Like, my last one was sunk on the left edge. My hole was short before I left its hole. The chin had gone through a few holes before it, and it just stood there.
At some point in the second nine minutes, she began to think about 59. Then she missed the putter.
“I just wanted to do my best,” she said. “To be fair, my boyfriend said to me, ‘What would make me happy is seeing you at the top of the rankings and smashing it.” That’s my head. ”
