Charley Hull has been a consistently great ball striker ever since she burst out on tour at a young age. In the below Charley Hull golf swing analysis, PGA Professional Jack Backhouse highlights the key moves in her swing that allow her to strike the ball well every time.
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Charley Hull Golf Swing Analysis: Set-Up
Hull has a very braced posture in which her knees have plenty of flex and quite a lot of hip hinge. To compensate for this, she stands extremely close to the golf ball, with her hands way inside her chin, which is often a reference for standing an appropriate distance from the ball.
Her grip, ball position and posture tilts are all extremely neutral and could be used in golf books as a perfect example!
Backswing
Hull starts the swing with a very distinct forward press, which puts her wrists into an early hinge position and allows her to pick the club up and balance on the way back.
Interestingly Charley Hull makes a backswing with an extremely braced right leg, resulting in a very small amount of hip turn at the top of the swing. This is something that we don’t see much on tour anymore since players have been striving for more speed and distance, but it gets Hull into a solid position at the top.
Hull does have a slightly cupped wrist at the top with the clubface opening a touch throughout the backswing.
Downswing
On the way down, Charley Hull has a good amount of lateral hip shift to her left side and really lags the club as she begins to rotate hard.
The club shallows out behind her, and then, about halfway into the downswing, she begins to start extending the right arm and right wrist to get rid of the lag she created in transition.
Hull uses the right arm and right wrist for speed so she really unloads her angles down into the ball, with the clubhead passing her hands earlier than we see a lot of players, which makes the club face turn over very quickly post impact.
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Into The Finish
There really isn’t any stable clubface or bent trail arm for Hull. She is throwing and releasing the club as hard as she can for maximum speed and the highest possible launch.
The clubhead travels quickly to the finish and has an abrupt end in her very recognisable recoiled position. She finishes well-balanced and nicely on her left side.
What can we learn?
There are a few keys in this swing that make Charley Hull such a consistent ball striker, these are:
- Hinging the club up early in the backswing, setting the appropriate wrist angles
- Centred turn to the top of the swing
- Get the club behind you in the downswing and release the right arm as hard as possible
If you enjoyed this Charley Hull golf swing analysis, keep an eye out for more tour winners’ swing analysis in the future.
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