Professional golfer Charley Hull, who went viral last year for smoking on the course, has vowed to give up cigarettes.
Hull, 28, made the surprising revelation in a video posted via Instagram on Monday, March 17 — and it comes with high stakes.
“Today, I’ve made the decision I’m going to stop smoking,” Hull told her friend and pro golfer, Ryan Evans, in the video. “I’m going to give them to Ryan now. I’m going to do a 10-grand bet with you. I get no money in it. Ten-grand bet. If I pick up a cigarette in the next two months, I’ll give you 10grand and I’m shaking on that. Deal?”
Evans, 37, shook hands with Hull and joked, “I’m going to have to record you 24 hours a day.”
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Hull was so confident in the bet that she told Evans he was free to throw away her cigarettes in the trash.
Hours after making the wager, Hull clarified via her Instagram Story that she’s “not starting to vape either!”
The England-born golfer did say she will be using “snus,” which is British slang for a smokeless tobacco product.
Currently the No. 10 ranked women’s golfer in the world, Hull went viral in May 2024 after being pictured with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth at the U.S. Women’s Open in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
“It was crazy,” Hull told the Daily Mail in August 2024 about all of the attention. “Not really what I was expecting, but I guess it shows that any publicity is good publicity.”
She added, “I’d rather make the headlines for my golf, but hopefully it helped to attract a few new fans to golf!”
Hull explained that she picked up her cigarette habit because “everyone in my family smokes,” but in recent months Hull has hinted at a healthier path for herself.
During a press conference before the PIF Saudi Ladies International in February, Hull told reporters her “main goal” for 2025 is to “try and get my 5k run time down to 20 minutes.” She noted her current time is hovering “around 26 minutes at the moment.”
“I don’t train for golf,” Hull explained. “I have zero interest in training for golf. I don’t want to be just a golfer. I want to be an athlete. I train because it’s good for my mental health and it’s good for me.”
In a January post via her Instagram Story, Hull described training for golf as “boring.”
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