NAPLES FL – Sometimes Georgia Hall finds herself eating alone while out for breakfast with Charley Hull. Hull doesn’t like to stay still for long. After she finishes eating, Hull leaves.
Hall smiled and said, “That’s Charley.” He was not bothered at all.
Hull cannot recall the last movie she saw in a theater.
She said that she would have to take 10 toilet breaks and just keep going in and out. It’s crazy.
Hull, a 27-year-old woman from Hull told the BBC in July she had been diagnosed with ADHD. It was only this year that Hull realized she had ADHD after playing casual golf with her doctor. Since then, Hull has learned more about the disorder.
Hull slept 2 1/2 hours in four days at the LET Aramco event held in London. She finally crashed and slept for 16 straight hours.
She said that Georgia had rung her phone to see if she was okay.
Charley Hull, of England, watches during the second round at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples on November 17, 2023. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images).
Hull, who is now the eighth-ranked golfer in the world and considers it her therapy, can’t stay away from home too long as she’s an “overthinker.” She finds the downtime during tournaments to be the most difficult. Hull fills her time at the gym and with Hall, a friend she has known for 17 years. She loves coloring books and taking cold showers.
Last spring, things began to get worse after she missed out on the Chevron Championship. She went to stay at a friend’s home in Los Angeles. She was sleeping an average of one hour per night and felt exhausted as her mind raced.
Hull pulled out abruptly of the Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown in late April and returned home. Team England was left scrambling for a replacement. Hull decided to reveal her diagnosis when she received criticism about how she handled the Crown.
Hull had no idea about anxiety when she won the CME Group Tour Championship in 2007.
She said, “I used laugh at people with it because I did not understand it.”
In 2018, something in her private life, about which she does not want to speak, caused a shift.
Since then, she has found ways to cope.
Hull said that she sometimes felt like a prisoner inside her own head. She described herself as moving with 100 mph. Her coping technique is to leave her house at 7 am and not return until 11 pm.
She said, “I’m not able to sit down.”
Hull’s speed is evident to anyone who watches her compete, especially the way her ponytail blows around as she chases a golfball. Hull’s every move, including the way she talks and walks, feels as if it is on fast-forward.
Hull doesn’t dwell on bad shots or unlucky bounces. Her mind will not allow it.
Charley Hull of England and Georgia Hall celebrate after Georgia Hall won The Ascendant LPGA Benefiting Volunteers of America on October 02 2022 at Old American Golf Club in The Colony Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images).
Hall said, “She is just so much fun to watch.” Hall said, “She’s a great player who plays with a lot of carefreeness. It’s wonderful to watch.” Many players would love to be able to play as freely as she does.
Hull is not surprised that slow play is her enemy. She drinks lots of water and takes in the scenery to avoid boredom.
Hull said, “I’ve never known why I drink so much water.” “I learned that it is a major issue with ADHD.”
Pia Nilsson, Lynn Marriott and the co-founders at Vision54 have observed that many of the young people with whom they work today struggle to remain focused in a lesson.
Many of them have found that attention training is a useful practice for their students. They ask them to swing their hands and feel the tension in their grip. Can they follow their breath for 15 seconds? Can they focus their eyes on a specific target while keeping them softly focused for 10 seconds. It’s just like building a muscle.
Nilsson or Marriott may change activities more quickly when working with a person with ADHD. They might also ask the student to show them what they are working on. This will create a lasting impression.
Marriott said, “Less talking and more doing.”
It’s estimated that, as of 2020, more 366 million adults in the world have been diagnosed as having ADHD.
Hull is not allowed to take certain ADHD medications due to LPGA’s anti-doping policy. She worries, however, that people are becoming too reliant upon pills.
Hull said, “I think doctors should not just give out pills at random. It can make a person worse.”
Hull, a two-time LPGA winner, has been runner-up on four occasions this season. She entered the weekend in the top 20 of the CME season-ending event. Hull’s most memorable moment on the course came at the U.S. Women’s Open in Pebble Beach when she tried to get to the 18th green with a 3-wood under a large tree to put pressure on the leader Allisen Corporation.
Hull’s caddie asked, “You know that saying about shy children not getting sweets?” just before she took a big swing.
Shy kids don’t get sweets.
A shot from , @HullCharley on Pebble Beach. #USWomensOpen pic.twitter.com/SVFijjyYee
U.S. Women’s Open July 10th, 2023
Hull is a fast-paced and aggressive person in every aspect of her life. This makes her a lot of fun to watch. She bought two Rolex timepieces to celebrate her winning the second LPGA title last year in Texas.
Hull doesn’t hesitate to share the details of her struggles. But she’s not looking for sympathy, or making excuses.
She said this while signing autographs at a Naples event.
I feel that people have become too tolerant in recent years. You can’t just say this or that. Many people blame mental illness. Go back to 50 years ago, when times were much harder and people got by.
People need to move on.
