'If People Don't Like It They Can Lump It' - Charley Hull Defends Controversial Caddie Prank

Charley Hull is never one to back down on the golf course, and she's not doing it off the course either as she told critics of her caddie prank to "lighten up" at the AIG Women's Open.

Hull revealed before the Women's Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes that she pranked caddie Adam Woodward with a fake scratchcard - making him believe he'd won £100,000 ($135,000) and filming the entire thing.

The 30-year-old has come in for some criticism for the prank, with plenty of talk on social media and with Dame Laura Davies calling it "extremely cruel" on the TV broadcast.

Hull, though, refused to apologise for her prank, and in typical Hull style said: "If people don't like it they can lump it."

Hull, who shot 70 in her opening round at Royal Lytham as she chases her maiden Major title, says she hasn't seen any online comments.

"I don't have any social media on my phone," she said, while adding that she would "100 percent" do it again.

"He thought it was funny after," she said of Woodward's reaction. "He's not uptight. Like it's a joke. If people don't like it they can lump it, do you know what I mean?

"And people that have complaints about it, I would say loosen up.

"I felt bad for Adsy, but at the end of the day I've just got to have a good week, and at the end of the week I'll buy him 100 scratchcards.

"Hopefully he can earn more money than that as well this week if we play well."

Hull says that she distances herself from social media during tournaments, so hasn't heard any outside noise while she concentrates on the job at hand.

That's a sound tactic these days with social media as it is, and with far more pressing matters such as searching for that elusive Major breakthrough.

This week, though, it has the added bonus of not being aware of all the negative reaction to her pranking of her caddie - although she believes she's done nothing wrong.

"I don't really have my social media on my phone on tournament weeks," Hull added. "So I delete it and when I go home I'll add it again. I don't really like people seeing me and tagging me and stuff. I like to keep in the present moment.

"But, yeah, I think people need to lighten up if they're taking that too seriously because it was pretty funny."

Hull's response is no surprise, she's one of the biggest characters in the women's game and has always done things her own way - so some negative comments over a prank were hardly going to ruffle her feathers.

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