LANCASTER, Pa. – Charley Hull ambled down the fairway at hilly Lancaster Country Club, looking as though she had not a care in the world. The 19-year-old Brit, playing in her first U.S. Women’s Open, played the back nine of a practice round solo on Wednesday, her father Dave keeping her company.
This is a laid-back crew. Even her bagman, Gary Wildman, is a white-collar businessman who stumbled into the caddie ranks three years ago. Wildman began working with Hull at the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she finished seventh. Dave said they didn’t want a veteran looper, someone who might try to tell Charley how to play.