Charley Hull’s Biggest Fear Coming True: Talked About Being Banned From Smoking At The Olympics Could Hurt Her Game, Currently In 59th Place
We know about Charley Hull smoking darts on the course now. She’s gone viral for it, talks about it pretty openly and frankly she’s just the personality that we need more of in golf.
But now she’s gotta battle through adversity. She got hit with the smoking ban at the Olympics. She openly said she does it to help her which actually makes sense. But then you see how she started the round:
Well son of a bitch that ain’t good. I understand the Olympics are trying to be eco-friendly and positive, which is fucking hilarious when you think about how corrupt the Olympics are. It’s a good thing FIFA exists so the IOC can point their finger over there and let those morons distract us. But you get the point of what I’m trying to say here. We’re going to ban some darts on the golf course? Who cares?
As a golfer (albeit not Olympic level, shockingly) you need something on the course. A lipper, a cigar, a drink, something to help calm the nerves. Give me a drink and a lipper every single time. Part of my swing routine at this point. I assume Hull is the same way with her cigarette. Let her smoke! Grow the game! I mean she’s out here saying it helps calm your nerves, it shouldn’t be illegal, especially at the Olympics.
In the wake of the U.S. Women’s Open in early June, c who was coming off both a top-20 finish at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club and also a viral moment involving a half-smoked cigarette, was a guest on Dan Le Batard’s popular ESPN Radio show.
Several minutes after Hull had dialed in for the interview, Le Batard’s cohost, Jon Weiner, who goes by the nickname “Stugotz,” said to Hull, “I want to ask you a serious question. How many cigarettes per round do you—”
Here, Le Batard jumped in, saying, “Stop with the cigarettes! I promised her at the beginning that we wouldn’t wear her out with the cigarettes.”
But Stugotz, himself a smoker, pressed on.
“—because, Dan, it’s leading to something. I want to quit. She wants to quit. I want to quit with her. I think we’re going to make a pact here.”
Hull told Stugotz that she smokes five cigarettes per round, but the exchange revealed much more than just the extent of her habit — namely that the 28-year-old Brit and the team that represents her clearly want Hull to be known for much more than just her nicotine addiction, and understandably so.
This, of course, is the problem with virality: Once the internet brands you (and we should note here that Hull’s viral moment originated with a GOLF.com social post), for better or worse that affiliation can be tough to shake. Take the Solheim Cup last week. When a reporter posted a video of Hull cozying up to the rope line and borrowing a fan’s lighter, Golf Twitter gobbled it up; Barstool Sports also got in on the action, publishing an article that dubbed Hull the “People’s Golfer” and described her lighting up mid-round as “the coolest damn thing you ever did see.” The dart, the aviator shades, Hull’s glam: it all just kind of works together. Even at the Paris Olympics, where smoking was banned, Hull’s habit became a story line. The question on reporters’ minds: How would not getting her fix influence Hull’s play?
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