Hull & Woad provide hope for home Women's Open win

Hull & Woad provide hope for home Women's Open winImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Charley Hull has nine professional wins but is yet to land a major titleByIain CarterGolf correspondentPublished4 minutes agoCharley Hull began the week of the final golf major of the year by convincing her caddie Adam Woodward he had won a lottery prize worth £100,000.Unfortunately for Woodward, Hull had bought the ticket in a Blackpool joke shop. The only way he can really hit the jackpot is if his boss breaks her major duck at this week's AIG Women's Open."He was like, 'I've never won one of these things, but today could be my lucky day','" Hull told BBC Sport. "And he was scratching it, scratching it, scratching it, and then his face dropped."'Oh my god,' he said. 'I've won 100 grand. I've won 100 grand.' He takes his hat off. He takes his glasses off. He's got sweat dripping down, he's shaking, he's so excited."Hull then broke the bad news."I think he nearly quit the job then," the 30-year-old said. "I felt really bad."Korda & Hull seek major glory - Women's Open tee timesPublished2 hours agoKorda pips Hull to win maiden US Women's OpenPublished8 JuneImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Hull showed media a video of her caddie Woodward when telling the story of how she pranked himThe week clearly began on a lighter note for the Kettering pro, but she is deadly serious about the challenge ahead.Were Hull to go one better than her five major runners-up finishes, she would continue a remarkable storyline of British success in this event when staged here at Royal Lytham and St Annes.Scotland's Catriona Matthew was champion in 2009 and nine years later England's Georgia Hall triumphed over the famed Lancashire links.Hull and world number five Lottie Woad are among the favourites for this, the last of the year's five ma...