U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN

June 7, 2026

Charley Hull

The Riviera Country Club

Flash Interview

Q. 4-under par, 67. Charley, just wrapped up your final round hear at Riviera. What are your emotions right now?

CHARLEY HULL: It's just frustrating. Another second place. I think that's five second place finishes I've had in majors now.

So, yeah, it's pretty annoying, but I played really well the last day. Obviously missed a couple putts on the back nine, but it was quite windy and I hit the ball fantastic so fair play to Nelly Korda for back-to-back wins.

But I just love playing in the majors. Like I pretty much only get up for the major, it's really weird I just love playing in majors like if it's a normal week-to-week I struggle sometimes getting like the motivation.

But when it comes to major week, I just love it. Like if I just even just make the cut I have like at the weekend I can make a massive charge. But, no, I loved it out there. It was so much fun. The crowds were great and it was nice to see many so many young kids around.

Q. So to what degree were you aware of the scores?

CHARLEY HULL: I was watching but I was thinking if I get to 10-under I will, that's that should be good enough, so I was just trying to chase to get to 10-under.

Obviously I didn't get there, but I hit a great shot into the last hole. I was out of that rough and it just had a massive bounce coming out of the rough, but I couldn't pitch it short because it would just stick because it's quite sticky, the fringes are.

But I hit a good shot and then made a good up-and-down. So I was pretty pleased to hole that putt.

Q. What are the emotions for someone who will never experience contention at the end of a U.S. Open? What are you thinking, what are you feeling?

CHARLEY HULL: I love it. I love that feeling. I love the feel of being under the gun, under pressure. It's not like a life and death situation, but you know that adrenaline that you get, that adrenaline like you can't put anything -- like can't put anything wrong because you got to carry on and go, and when you do go wrong you got to bounce back.

I love that feeling. It'll be a massive comedown tomorrow not because I come second but because the adrenaline goes out of my body. But I love the feeling.

Q. And if you're thinking 10, I want to get to 10, and then you see that 8 wins, what like is that hard to kind of grasp?

CHARLEY HULL: Not really. If you always aim higher if you always aim super, super high and you just come short you're still going to do really well. Like big expectations. So, yeah, 7 is going to win I'll probably finish 5. You get what I'm trying to say? So yeah I played well.

Q. If yesterday's mentality was F it; was today's the same?

CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, today was if you can it pretty much, yeah, just go for it like do you know what I mean, everything. So, yeah, I just done that. And I love playing golf like that I feel like sometimes like the first two days I feel like I'm in a keep my head in the game like you can't go for everything because like it's just it's early on, but now I have nothing to lose. I can just go at everything and just play free golf like I do at home and it's more fun.

Q. What would you say to somebody that counted you out after 36 holes?

CHARLEY HULL: It's not over until the fat lady since. Fatty makes (indiscernible) on the weekend, so there you go. Yeah, I just like chasing it down.

Q. How do you use this as motivation heading into Hazeltine?

CHARLEY HULL: Well, I finished now top 10 in the last two major championships, so and I've had a win this year, so just kind of gather my thoughts together and just play the way I did the weekend on the first two days at the KPMG and take that mentality into the past two rounds as well.

Q. Might the success of these last two days lead to a change of mindset for you moving forward in terms of major and how you a approach it to maybe just say...

CHARLEY HULL: No, I just was saying I had that, I had that thing from the start where I want to go at it all but the thing is as well I wasn't actually hitting it quite well coming into this week, so I was like, kind of nervous but I actually played decent the first two days. Just didn't really hole any putts. Then at the weekend I just kind of felt like, all right, I got hole putts now. So I got to do it.

Q. When you tied for the lead was there any part of you that you feel pulled back or were you still in that mindset of go, go, go, go?

CHARLEY HULL: No, I was still in that mindset of go, go go. Like I hit some great shots coming in, like the shot on the last hole I was in the right rough and I had 160 to the pin, so I was having to hit wedge but I needed to carry the front of the green like I couldn't hit a three quarter one because if it hits the front of the green like the fringe it's just sticking. So I hit a beautiful shot.

I couldn't have pitched it any different and it just got a behalf massive bounce and I hit some great shots outs there with some of my irons and some good long irons in there as well.