While most of us were gorging out on turkey during the holidays, 18-year-old Charley Hull was slamming golf balls on the range. That’s the level of application required by a young athlete who is putting herself on a fast track to the top of the golfing world. Her efforts are quite visible if you take a look at her unprecedented leap from Rookie of the Year to Order of Merit Winner on the Ladies European Tour.<\/p>\n
However Hull allowed herself a little celebration time on Christmas day, taking the day off of practice unlike she has in former years. “I did last year, and in previous years, but I don’t think I’m going to this year because I’m 18 and I can drink.” Cheers to that!<\/p>\n
Hull started her career at a mere age nine when she won the UK National Ladies’ Championships at Turnberry. Some of her other impressive early feats include being the highest-ranked English female amateur golfer in the world at age 14, and making her professional debut at the young age of 17.<\/p>\n