Charley Hull Reveals Shower Incident Partially To Blame For Disappointing First Round At Paris 2024

Team GB medal hope Charley Hull revealed a bathroom fall earlier in the year - which caused her to pull out of the recent Aramco Team Series in London - ultimately played a part in her extremely disappointing opening round at Paris 2024.

Hull is among the bottom markers on the leaderboard for the women's Olympic golf event at Le Golf National following a first-round 81 which featured seven bogeys and a double.

Her issues began on the first hole with a double-bogey, and three bogeys in the space of four holes on the front nine increased the frustration for Hull.

A repeat of that pattern at the start of the back nine has effectively ended the Englishwoman's hopes of a medal already, but Hull is adamant her bad round is "out of the way" and is backing herself to do something memorable next time out.

The World No.11 said: "First week back really after my injury, so to get that round out of the way and [use it as a] bit of a warmup for the British Open now, I'll take it."

Going on to explain exactly what her injury issue was and how it occurred, Hull explained the problem arose following a fall out of the shower.

She said: "I fell over when I was on the way back from America. The team and I then had to pull out of the Aramco and had a week-and-a-half off golf because I thought I tore something in there. So I had an MRI and then -- my hip was out, shouldn't have played Evian. So I took like a week and a half off.

Probed by a reporter over the specifics of the shower incident, Hull continued: "Fell over coming out of the shower before I was getting my flight, I thought I tore my thing -- nothing come up. I just have a bit of arthritis now in my shoulder."

After going on to say that she played 10 rounds of golf in six days recently during her rehabilitation period, the 28-year-old insisted she is now close to full strength again but still believes it will take a little bit more time before she is truly match sharp again.

"I feel a bit rusty because obviously it's been five weeks since I last played properly a four-day event," she said. "But I played ten rounds of golf in six days. And I practise every day from six in the morning till six in the evening, so I played a lot of golf.

"When I obviously did have an injury, it knocks your confidence, not how I'm swinging it but more mentally. But I feel like a couple rounds under my belt, I'll be back.

"I was just saying to my agent, I'm so frustrated. I wish I didn't have a shower before my flight now.

"But I feel like -- I just feel like one round under my belt and then -- because I did actually have it going at Evian, after my first round, I was still a bit injured there, I was sore, but feel like now I've got one round under my belt, and tomorrow, go low."