Charley Hull Withdraws From PIF London Championship

Charley Hull at the Black Desert Championship

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published 8 August 2025

Charley Hull has withdrawn from the PIF London Championship at Centurion Club due to an ankle injury.

The World No.10 says she is "devastated" not to be teeing it up at the Ladies European Tour event, having been told not to play following an MRI scan on her ankle revealed ligament damage.

Hull finished second at the AIG Women's Open at Royal Porthcawl and was looking forward to playing in front of more home fans again.

But she suffered a freak ankle injury just ahead of the London Championship having taken a tumble in the car park at Centurion Club.

Hull had hoped to play but the results of the scan have revealed ligament damage serious enough for her to pull out of the event.

The 29-year-old, though, will still be on site at Centurion supporting the event over the weekend, and mingling with her fans as one of the most popular players in the women's game.

“I’m devastated not to be competing in front of a home crowd again this week, however I’m really looking forward to supporting the event and spending time with fans this week,” said Hull.

She added on social media that the injury was "nothing major, but the docs say I've got to rest or I'll make it worse".

"Absolutely gutted not to be playing at home, especially at an event like this. It means so much to me, and I'm really sorry to the fans coming out.

"Hopefully I'll still get to meet some of you over the weekend."

Another injury blow for Hull

Charley Hull withdraws from the Evian Championship after falling ill

The ankle injury is the latest setback for Hull after a difficult spell of late - which involved those worrying scenes of her being carried off the course at the Evian Championship.

Hull collapsed twice at the Evian as she struggled with a virus, and trying to recover from that put a big dent in her season right in the middle of an important stretch in the Majors.

Ahead of the AIG Women's Open, the English star detailed how she had "lost 4kg and 8mph of swing speed" after the recovery from the virus and also a back injury had prevented her from doing her usual gym routine.

She still managed a fourth runner-up finish in a Major at Royal Portcawl, but her maiden victory still eludes her.

Hull had hoped a return to Centurion could conjure up a much-needed victory - after finishing third there in 2021, fourth in 2022 and second in 2023.

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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website. Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.

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