'hull Overcomes Internal Noise As Donald Turns Up Volume For Ryder Cup'

Unless your sanction is Scottie Scheffler, winning is surely nan hardest accomplishment successful golf.

And of people it is difficult. That is what makes it truthful worthwhile.

But see really difficult it was for Charley Hull to get complete nan statement for her 3rd LPGA Tour triumph and really intolerable it proved for her forlorn opponent, Jeeno Thitikul - nan world number 1 nary less.

Consider besides really Luke Donald is turning to virtual reality and elaborate recces to effort to execute nan beatified grail of an distant triumph successful a Ryder Cup. Nothing is being near to chance, it seems, to get nan saccharine sensation of victory.

And nary 1 epitomises nan trouble of finishing apical of nan heap much than Thitikul, who since February has vanished 5th aliases amended connected 9 occasions, pinch only 1 of those precocious finishes yielding a trophy - nan Mizuho Americas Open successful May.

The 22-year-old Thai, who mislaid a freakish playoff to Grace Kim astatine nan Evian Championship successful July, took a one-shot lead to nan last spread astatine past Sunday's Kroger Queen City arena successful Ohio.

She was trying to spell 1 amended than runner-up astatine her past LPGA outing, nan FM Championship a fortnight ago.

Thitikul recovered herself pinch a 3 and-a-half footer for a winning birdie, but charged nan putt and missed nan return. It was a four-putt that near Hull pinch a tap-in for victory.

This was an opportunity nary 1 had seen coming until those bonzer moments. And getting complete nan statement was nary easier for Hull.

The English prima had surrendered a two-shot advantage astatine nan commencement of nan backmost nine. She had been runner-up successful her erstwhile 2 outings, nan Aramco Houston Championship and nan year's last major, nan AIG Women's Open astatine Royal Porthcawl past month.

She has been 2nd successful fields connected 4 occasions and nan 29-year-old from Kettering had not won connected nan LPGA Tour since 2022. Two years earlier Hull mislaid a playoff to Minjee Lee successful nan aforesaid event.

So it was small wonderment that she backed disconnected nan tiddler for triumph earlier yet and unconvincingly coaxing nan winning putt into nan broadside of nan cup.

Hull did not disguise really nervus wracking a infinitesimal it had go earlier completing this agelong overdue success.

"I was beautiful calm coming into nan green," Hull explained. "I knew I had to spread nan putt for eagle, I missed it and had a ft [left].

"When I realised I had it for nan triumph I had this huffy daze of adrenaline travel done maine and my hands were shaking. I was like, 'oh, no!'.

"Usually I tin calm it down successful for illustration 5 minutes, but I had to play consecutive away. I had to backmost disconnected it twice.

"I don't cognize really Tiger Woods won that galore tournaments, that overmuch pressure. It was conscionable a shock."

For Woods publication Scheffler, successful nan newest era. Unlike for truthful galore others, it seems winning for nan gangly Texan is simply a regular pursuit. The Open and US PGA champion is celebrating his sixth triumph of nan year.

He overturned a two-shot shortage to hit Ryder Cup team-mate Ben Griffin. "I did my champion to enactment successful my ain world and support making birdies," Scheffler said. "I did a bully occupation astatine staying diligent and vanished it off."

Nothing to it, then.

But that, of course, ignores nan thousands of hours of diligent mentation that creates specified reliable method and pinch it consummate confidence.

Scheffler now has 19 wins successful 150 PGA Tour starts. It is his 2nd consecutive play pinch six aliases much trophies - since 1983 only Woods has had aggregate years pinch six aliases much victories.

The existent world number 1 keeps it simple. While Europe's Ryder Cup stars astatine Wentworth past week were fresh and happy to clasp nan upcoming title and its galore narratives, Scheffler had much singular ideas.

"I'm present, I'm fresh to play this week," Scheffler said earlier nan Procore Championship. "I didn't show up to Napa to talk astir nan Ryder Cup for 4 days. I'm present to play a play tournament."

Only now will he beryllium prepared to move his attraction to nan USA's quest to regain nan Ryder Cup astatine Bethpage, starting connected 26 September.

Europe are already astatine nan New York course, familiarising themselves pinch surroundings for what promises to beryllium a tumultuous contest.

Captain Donald is approaching nan task of steering Europe to a first distant triumph successful 13 years pinch Scheffler-like diligence. His squad person nan chance to foster their tone and strategy for what could beryllium a important mates of days.

The team, caddies and support unit will past enactment successful nan US to guarantee location are nary worries complete pitchy lag by nan clip nan lucifer comes around.

They will besides don their virtual reality headsets programmed to recreate nan benignant of crowd hostility they are expecting to look successful nan Bethpage "bear pit".

Oh, nan nosy of nan phoney war.

But Donald is leaving nary chromatic unturned preparing his players. Whether he is pleased that Rory McIlroy has put this hi-tec maneuver successful nan nationalist domain, though, is unfastened to question.

Some observers judge this will only substance nan fervour of nan location fans, who will beryllium wished to make Europe's quest arsenic difficult arsenic possible.

And, arsenic we know, winning is already nan toughest of tasks.