Charley Hull's exclusion: Georgia Hall gets a chance to play the Curtis Cup
Georgia Hall has come out as a major beneficiary following the controversy of Charley Hull, as she has been given the 12th place to represent her team in the Curtis Cup.
Hall was supposed to be a reserve player before the world number nine amateur decided to pull out of the Curtis Cup.
Hall benefitted from Hull’s unexpected decision to join the field of Kraft Nabisco Championship this year.
Hall is happy to be chosen to play the Curtis Cup and represent the Great Britain & Ireland against the United States.
The turning point for Hall came when the LGU (Ladies Golf Union) disallowed Charley Hull to take part in the Curtis Cup trial session, slated to be held at Nairn, Scotland.
Since Hull already confirmed to play the major championship, Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LGU officials took the step, giving Hall a chance to participate in the Curtis Cup.
The Curtis Cup will be played a week before the Kraft Nabisco Championship and taking Hall on board is being appreciated by several observers.
Moreover, the players from the Great Britain & Ireland have already committed to come to Nairn for the trial session.
However, the LGU has also informed the players’ commitment to participate in the team trial.
An LGU statement said. “The players willingly committed to attend the team trial on the understanding that the attendance is compulsory”.
Some analysts and golf experts have slammed LGU for its decision to exclude Charley Hull from the Curtis Cup squad, arguing there was no clash between the dates of the two tournaments.
LGU contends that since Hull has already committed to play the Kraft Nabisco Championship, she automatically gets excluded from the Curtis Cup squad.
Ian Poulter has come out as the biggest opponent of LGU’s decision. Poulter said it is unwise of the LGU officials to keep a rising player out of the Cup.
“The LGU are a joke. Kicking Charley Hull off the Curtis Cup team is stupid. All the girls need to join up and boycott it,” Poulter tweeted.
On the other hand, John Petrie, who is Chief Executive of England Golf, said, “For a 15-year-old player, ranked ninth in the world, to be invited to play in one of golf’s Majors is an outstanding achievement and for Charley to be punished makes no sense”.
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