English golfer Charley Hull was quite the hit at the US Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club this week. She initially garnered attention for a viral video that showed her smoking a cigarette while signing autographs, and the attention did not stop there.
Hull recounted her unusual week and how it got her a lot of fan attention, some of it in a fairly unexpected way.
Charley Hull talks about her viral 2024 U.S. Women's Open from smoking cigarettes to being handed a guy's phone number. pic.twitter.com/opq194eiYv
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“It’s been crazy. The fans have been shouting my name this week. Someone said I’d dropped something and then handed their phone number in my hand on a piece of paper. He was like, ‘Here’s my number. Text me so we can figure out where I’m taking you out for dinner tonight.’
“I never texted him, obviously, but it was just so funny.”
Hull was not offended by the gesture. On the contrary, she admitted that she wished the crowds were like that more often.
The No. 8 player in the world, Hull has two LPGA Tour victories to her name, but has yet to win a major, finishing 19th in this year’s event. She clearly won herself some new fans, though.
