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• – Charley Hull (-18) records her first win since 2022, with victory at Aramco Team Series presented by PIF – Riyadh Golf Club – 
• – Hull finishes clear of Nicole Broch Estrup (-15) and Pia Babnik (-13) to claim her sixth professional win – 
• – Fatima Fernández  finishes in fourth place after the 13th hole put an end to her chances –

Was all smiles for England’s Charley Hull at Riyadh Golf Club, after a near faultless week landed her a first tournament win since 2022, at the Aramco Team Series presented by PIF – Riyadh, with a final score of 18-under-par. 

The win is Hull’s sixth as a professional, and her fourth on the Ladies European Tour (LET), having won on the tour at the Aramco Team Series presented by PIF in New York in 2021. This was also the English star’s biggest ever margin of victory, three strokes clear of Denmark’s Nicole Broch Estrup. 

“Yeah, I felt really sharp, I played very solidly today,” said Hull on the win. “I made a bogey on the par five 17th and the par three, but that was just two three putts. So quite long putts, in all fairness, and they got away from me a little bit, but felt like I held my game together pretty well. And 18 under for three days is a pretty good score.” 

Hull felt that the elusive win was “right around the corner” in her pre-tournament press conference, and after a front nine of five-under-par, she was proved right, catapulting herself ahead of Slovenian Pia Babnik to lead down the stretch. 

Babnik held a two-stroke lead at the start of play and, grouped with Hull and Fernandez Cano, was looking to round off a remarkable week following some struggles in recent times.

However, it was Hull that took the initiative early on, playing aggressively with her approach shots to give herself the best opportunities on the greens, capitalizing with her putter. 

This was underlined on the par-5 fifth hole, where Hull’s accurate drive allowed her to play over the water and attack the green. Whilst it dropped just short, Hull capped it off with an excellent up and down, using her wedge to drop the ball next to the pin for a simple tap-in birdie. 

“I was actually chatting to someone who was quite close to me before I started, and he said, get off to a fast start, try and get ahead,” said Hull on her fast start. “That’s what I did – and it’s a good job I listened to them!” 

Hull took the mentality into the back nine, and after starting with two pars, birdied the par-five 11th, moving her four strokes clear of Babnik, with victory in her sight. 

A couple of nervy moments came with bogeys on the 14th and 17th hole, but Hull kept her composure to par the final hole, with friends Georgia Hall and Annabell Dimmock ready to celebrate with her after holing the winning putt. 

Hull will have her mind now on further wins, and looking to add to her silverware, before beginning her bid for a first major title in 2025. 

“I’m going home for a week, before I head back to America for the last two events in the LPGA Tour, which is the ANNIKA event, and then the CME Group Tour Championship. I like the Tour Championship golf course. I won there in 2016, so I’m looking forward to them too, and then home for Christmas – I can’t wait.” 

Fatima Fernandez (-10) finished in a tie for fourth, a result that confirms the excellent form that earned her an LPGA card just a few weeks ago. The Galician signed the best card of the day in the middle round with 62 strokes.

Also notable in the same tournament is the performance of the Balearic player Luna Sobrón (-7), who is in ninth place after leading the first round. Both can be seen live from 28 November to 1 December at the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España Presented by Oysho, which will be held at the Real Club de Golf de Guadalhorce and will close the Race to the Costa del Sol.