Charley Hull’s Blunt Comment to Annika Sorenstam Left LPGA Pros Speechless

Charley Hull doesn’t tiptoe around anything. If something needs to be said, she’ll say it without giving a single thought. “You don’t know what’s coming out of my mouth next, I don’t know what’s coming out of my mouth next,” this just sums up the positive attitude she always carries. So, it’s no surprise that the LPGA Tour is filled with stories of her dry and bizarre humor.

One such person, who has a running archive of all the ‘Charley Hull Stories’, is Mel Reid. The two have shared Solheim Cup locker rooms for years, and Reid never misses a chance to tell a good one. Just recently, she dropped a fresh anecdote, a moment that still echoes through Team Europe’s lore.

In a conversation with Kira Dixon on the latest episode of their podcast, Quiet Please! With Mel and Kira, Reid recalled the 2017 Solheim Cup in Des Moines, when the two played for Team Europe. Swedish pro Annika Sorenstam captained the team.”…For anyone who knows Annika, she’s quite straight-faced, very professional, very businessy. Nothing wrong with that, but very businessy,” Reid described her captain’s professionalism.

So, it was Saturday, and the team was trailing heading into the Sunday singles. The US team’s strong four-ball performance had put them in a winning position for Sunday, only 3.5 points away from the victory. Undoubtedly, this called for a captain’s speech at the end of the day to boost the team’s shaky morale. As Sorenstam began her address, Reid noticed Hull wasn’t in the room. “I noticed, because Charlie was standing next to me, that Charlie wasn’t there (she had gone to the bathroom)… So, I said, ‘Oh, Annika, just one second. I think Charlie’s in the bathroom. I’m sure she’ll be back in a minute.’“

Moments later, Hull, who did not play on Saturday due to a sore wrist, came charging in, wearing her hot pants, which in Reid’s words were “the smallest shorts she’s ever seen“. Without missing a beat, Hull shouted across the room, “What’s up, Annika? I was having a sh*t, innit.” 

“Of all people to say it to, it’s Annika f*cking Sörenstam!” Reid remembered, barely holding back laughter. Of course, the moment Hull said these words, the room erupted into laughter. “Oh, you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go, innit?” Hull doubled down. Though Team Europe lost with an overall score of 16.5 to 11.5, this moment was engraved in Europe’s LPGA history book.

When Charley Hull asked Mel Reid about her spe*m

Charley Hull has never cared much for playing by the script. Remember when she was called Female Tiger Woods early on in her life, and she casually put off that comparison? That’s Hull—unpredictable at best. But sometimes this unpredictability extends far beyond the pace of play.

Mel Reid in an old episode of Quiet Please! recounted a run-in she had with Hull at this year’s US Open. “She asked me how my spe*m was,” Reid laughed. “She means Kai. She just called him my spe*m ’cause she’s still extremely confused how Carley got pregnant.” Notably, Reid is married to her wife Carly Grenfell, and they welcomed their son, Kai, in 2023, through reciprocal IVF.

So yeah, that’s Charley Hull for you. And honestly, her presence makes the LPGA circuit way more fun. Just don’t be surprised if she walks over asking for a lighter for her cigarettes.