Charley Hull Vows To 'Go At Everything' In Bid To Finally Win First Major

Could this finally be Charley Hull's time? After five runner-up finishes she's vowed to go for everything over the weekend at the AIG Women's Open in her quest to win her first Major.

Hull is undoubtedy one of the best female players not to win a Major despite coming so close on five occasions, and yet again she enters the weekend with high hopes of finally getting over the hump.

The 30-year-old has finished second once at the Chevron Championship, twice at the US Women's Open and twice at the AIG Women's Open - including both last year and in 2023.

And after adding a Friday 71 to her opening 69 at Royal Lytham & St Annes she ended the day on two under and in a tie for fifth place when she finished her round - four shots off the clubhouse lead at the time.

Hull's recent plan for the Majors has been to try and just make the weekend with as few mistakes as possible, and then go for broke in the final two rounds.

That's certainly been the case in her last two near misses, both at this year's US Women's Open and last year's AIG Women's Open.

She played the second half of those tournaments in 13 and nine shots fewer respectively than the opening two rounds, but came up short by just a combined three shots.

Hull is well in touch again heading into the weekend, and she's not going to be holding anything back at Royal Lytham in her quest for glory.

"Just to go at everything," she said to Sky Sports about her gameplan. "I've just got to carry on with my good swing thoughts, the nerves should go away by then and I can just go for everything."

And that includes off the tee despite Lytham being riddled with bunkers all around the course - but attack may be the best form of defence according to Hull.

"Even off the tee, if you're not hitting driver and trying to take the bunkers out of play you can still find them. So you might as well hit driver and find a bunker 50 yards further down there and be closer to the green, make the hole a bit shorter."

Charley Hull's near misses in Majors

It does seem like it's coming. Hull's finished second in two of her last five Majors, with another top 10 in there too - and finishes of T2-20-2-T22 in her last four Women's Opens suggest this could be her week.

In her previous second places she's only once started the final round top of the leaderboard, and that resulted in her worst return - so maybe this week she'd be better off just tucked in behind and come flying home.

2026 US Women's Open

Hull started the final round three behind Nelly Korda, shot two better than the American but came up just one shot short. The margins were wafer thin, with just a couple of late putts missing while Korda's nervy effort on the last horseshoed around the cup but dropped.

That was the difference in an agonising result.

2025 AIG Women's Open

It was more frustration last year at Royal Porthcawl as Hull was three off the lead on Saturday night but could only get within two strokes of Miyu Yamashita.

2023 AIG Women's Open

Her best chance going into Sunday, Hull was tied at the top of the leaderboard at Walton Heath alongside Lilia Vu, but while she shot 67 Hull carded a bitterly disappointing 73 to fade away.

2023 US Women's Open

A stunning Sunday at Pebble Beach as Hull came storming through with a 66 in the final round. She started seven off the lead and six off eventual champion Allisen Corpuz - who managed to keep three strokes ahead thanks to a 69.

2016 Chevron Championship

Just two shots off Lexi Thompson's lead heading into Sunday, Hull shot 69 to overhaul the American, but sadly so did Lydia Ko to pip her by just a shot.

Charley Hull's major runner-up spots

Any good omens for Lytham?

These things in golf always tend to have a story behind them, so looking for omens is never a bad thing - even beyond Hull going close so many times.

Firstly, her big mate Georgia Hall won the Women's Open here at Lytham in 2018, so it'd be hugely apt if Hull would follow her buddy and claim her maiden Major on the same course.

And secondly, there's been plenty of pictures of Hull playing in the Pro-Am at Lytham in 2006 as a baby aged just 10!

So that would create a wonderful full circle moment if 20 years later she could lift the big prize at the some place she showcased her immense talent even as a kid.

Hull and her supporters will be hoping the stars can indeed align and she can land the Major victory her talent has long suggested would be a foregone conclusion.