To Hull and back
Katherine Hull is considered by many to be amongst the first tier names in ladies’ golf. Her career winnings have bloated well beyond the three million mark.
The Australian Hull began her career aged 12 and played for the All-Americans when she moved to Malibu California. While in the United States, she was admitted to Pepperdine University, also situated in Malibu California.
She played at the university during the years 2002 and 2003. In 2003, her brilliant golfing potential won her the NCAA Player of the Year award there too.
During her stay in Pepperdine University in Malibu, she had a steady win-streak, bagging eight wins.
She graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu in 2003, capping her amateur wins with a couple more and a major in Sports Administration.
After college, and within that same year, Hull opted to turn professional. Her first professional tournament experience was at Duramed FUTURES Tour, where she, out-striking competition, won her first two competitions.
Hull has come a long way since those wins. In 2006, she carded two victories at the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour (ALPG).
Her wins helped her professional game’s great break in 2008 at the Ladies Professional Golf Tour Canadian Women’s Open.
Whilst at the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour in 2006, Hull’s performances had guaranteed entry into the Tour for the next season, being 2007.
At the Canadian Women’s Open, she set a career-best record at eight top-10 finishes. Her performance was a steady climb throughout the season. She finished 13th, for the first time in her short career, on the ladies Professional Golf Association
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The 2009 season saw her march onwards, land the high perch at the Australian and New Zealand Ladies Masters.
The Australian and New Zealand Masters is a tournament that has a bit of ownership over in the Ladies European Tour and the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour camps.
This win at the Australian and New Zealand Ladies Masters blazed the way for an Order of Merit in 2009.
2011 had been, for Hull, a year plagued with injuries and domestic struggling. She has, nonetheless, made a comeback, determined to put the past behind her and concentrate all the more on her game which has suffered of late.
Earlier the season, Hull had been struggling with what she described as “man-issues”. Her caddie had advice for her, of course, going against the three fundamental rules of caddying: turn up, keep up and shut up.
He had advice for her alright: Go home. And she did. 'You know it's going to be a rough ride when your caddie says that to you in March.
It was at the Royal Pine this season that the Aussie, forgetting the bad back, made a much-awaited display of golfing mastery.
"The cobwebs are off now so it's a matter of going out there and playing with confidence. I really only started practicing around mid-January.
"I just wanted a break and to start this year fresh and with a clean slate. It was a rough year (in 2011) and I'm glad it’s over. It was more personal struggles than my game because when you struggle off the course it's really hard to get motivated to even
practice".
"When you struggle off the course, it's really hard to get motivated to even practice and play. The goal is to get back into the top 20 (in the world)," she said.
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