Is Charley Hull going through another health crisis? The last few months have been difficult for the English hillbilly as she has struggled with quite a few injuries. Yet, her form hasn’t been affected as she has produced some great results recently. Her last two appearances saw her get a runner-up finish and a victory on the board. But now, the 29-year-old has revealed what has been holding her back from achieving a lot more than that.

Charley Hull recently joined the LPGA Tour podcast with Emma Talley and Hope Barnett, where she opened up about both the highs of her season and the challenges she’s faced. Right away, she revealed on the podcast, “I’ve actually got a back injury from lifting up a box two weeks before Evian. So it’s a week before Ireland, I tore something, and now I’ve got these cysts growing on the side of my spine. At the moment, I don’t need surgery. But we just have to prevent them. It’s from where I’ve torn the muscles. I’ve got a really good spine when they did the MRI. All my discs are perfect. It’s just these little cysts where I’ve torn my back.”

Despite this setback, Hull has been putting in an immense amount of work behind the scenes to elevate her game. When the hosts mentioned her incredible year so far, she admitted, “I’ve always been a very good practicer.” Fans who follow her on Instagram already know the extent of her intense training routines, but Hull shed more light on the specifics.

“With my putting coach, Nick Soto… He has added a lot of performance drills for me, even chipping drills. I do a lot of up and down challenges and loads of different drills and challenges, and performance drills. That’s really helping me. I like the feeling of pressure. So with practice, it’s hard to get pressure. But doing the drills, you feel a bit of pressure because you want to get it done.”

The results have spoken for themselves. Hull has been outstanding on the greens in 2025. Winning the 2025 Kroger Queen City Championship proved her progress, but the stats are even more telling. In 2024, she gained just 0.12 strokes on the green on average, ranked 72nd on Tour. This year, she’s improved that number to 0.76 strokes gained, putting her at 15th.

And her efforts haven’t stopped with the flatstick. “With my swing coach, Matt (Belsham), he does all my game, apart from my putting. He does every aspect of my game. We have just been working hard and getting my swing to where exactly I want it to be.” That commitment is reflected in her overall performance: last season she averaged 1.43 strokes gained (9th best on Tour), while in 2025 she has surged to 2.06, ranking 4th.

Hull’s relentless work ethic, balanced with determination to manage her injury, is shaping her into one of the most formidable players on the LPGA Tour this season.

Back before the Amundi Evian Championship, Charley Hull had injured her back while carrying a box to her car. That had a huge effect on her health as she ended up withdrawing from the French major just two weeks later. Things got so bad that she fainted during the first round of the event and had to be carried out on a stretcher. Still recovering from the injury, Hull shared details about how she now has cysts in the place where she tore her muscles. And they are limiting her ability to train.

“So I can’t ever lift weights again in the gym. Which is fine, I don’t really like lifting weights. But I like running, and I can’t run yet because of my ankle (injury). So, balancing the two… I can’t row because I can’t do that to my back, but I can ski, and it’s just loads of band stuff,” said Hull as she also talked about her ankle injury. In fact, she has talked about how her back and her ankle are really hurting at the moment during an interview. That is limiting her ability to train like she used to in the gym. While she may not be a fan of weight training, Hull was also seen doing cardio religiously. Now, all she can do is ski and use resistance bands until she recovers.

Having said that, the injuries have still not stopped Charley Hull from performing in professional golf events. And she is still able to swing through the pain and compete against strong fields when required.

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A wounded Charley Hull is also a threat on the LPGA Tour

It’s like the injuries have made Charley Hull even more dangerous. After the fainting incident at the 2025 Amundi Evian Championship, the Englishwoman has been unstoppable on the golf course. Whether she is performing on the LPGA Tour or in the Ladies European Tour, she has delivered some outstanding results over the past few weeks. Apart from the win in the Kroger Queen City Championship, Hull also got a runner-up finish in the AIG Women’s Open a few weeks ago. She nearly won the major, only to be beaten by Miyu Yamashita in the last few holes.

In Europe, Hull managed a 4th-place finish in the 2025 KPMG Women’s Irish Open a week prior to the Amundi Evian Championship. More recently, the 29-year-old nearly won the Aramco Houston Championship, finishing at T2 at the Golfcrest Country Club. This is the best form Hull has been in throughout her career, despite being injured. Could it be that the injury might be helping her take her game to the next level? Or is it that when she does recover, she will be even better? We will only know after she eventually makes a full recovery. Until then, the LPGA Tour stars must be wary of a wounded Charley Hull as she hunts for her fourth career title.