Fans going wild for LPGA star Charley Hull after smoking clip

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Charley Hull had a craving for a cigarette after a round of golf and now she has quite a few suitors craving her attention.

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The English LPGA Tour star went viral last week for a video showing her signing autographs after a practice round at the U.S. Women’s Open with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth.

Since then, she says that she has had fans trying to woo her with pick-up attempts.

“It’s actually quite funny. All over a cigarette I suppose,” Hull said via golf.com. “I was generally, like, walking to the range. I had my hands full, someone asked me for an autograph and I’m not gonna say no because I like signing autographs for them. Just having a cigarette in my mouth, signed (the autograph), then it’s gone viral.

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“It’s been crazy, like, the fans have been shouting my name this week. Someone said I’ve dropped something and handed their phone number in my hand, on a piece of paper in my hand. And I thought it was so funny.

“It’s been a bit of a wild week.”

Unfortunately for the wannabe suitor, Hull said that she didn’t text him about potential dinner plans.

Some on social media were quick to applaud the moxie of the man who took his shot with the blonde bomber.

“So he went for the green in two and put it in the water. At least the guy tried. Go big or go home,” one user wrote on X.

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Another posted a meme of SpongeBob SquarePants sitting at a restaurant booth looking forlorn with the caption: “When Charley didn’t text me back.”

Hull drew comparisons to golf’s veteran wild man John Daly, but the Brit says that while she smokes, she doesn’t really drink.

“I was a bit stressed last year and I just kind of vaped. And I wanted to stop vaping, and even though smoking is not better than vaping, it’s just you can vape indoors all the time.

“I thought if I smoke, I’m going to go outside and smoke a cigarette.”

She was caught on camera taking a few puffs throughout the U.S. Women’s Open, too. Hull shot 6-over par for the tournament, finishing in a tie for 19th place.

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