Charley Hull played nine holes for Mayakoba prep, then went out for real Mexican food

USA Today

21-05-2025

Charley Hull played nine holes for Mayakoba prep, then went out for real Mexican food
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Charley Hull is one of 35 golfers competing in this week's LPGA event in Mexico who are also in the field next week at the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills in Wisconsin.
Earlier this season, Hull didn't play the LPGA tournament in Los Angeles the week ahead of the season's first major, the Chevron Championship. She went on to miss the cut near Houston. Does stuff like that ever factor into her scheduling strategy at all?
"I'm quite weird. I just look when I can fly out for two weeks and come home for two weeks, because I get homesick," she said Wednesday after playing the back nine for practice. "I plan my whole schedule around going out for two and coming back for two."
That said, the 2025 Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba at El Camaleon Mayakoba Golf Course in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, will provide a tight test. The golf course that previously hosted the PGA Tour as well as LIV Golf has narrows playing corridors and small greens, which Hull said will be good Open prep.
"I think it's very tight as there is not much room for error, but it's very scoreable, if you know what I mean. It's just kind of like fairway then bush," she said. "But I think it will be a very good scoreable week and a good week to get your confidence up for the U.S. Open. You've got to be quite smart with lines off the tee and like clubs and stuff.
"I've only ever played once in Mexico before. That was in 2017 in Mexico City. Only got to see nine holes of the golf course because I've flown in late, so going to play the front nine of the golf course blind tomorrow. Hopefully, my caddie has got his work cut out and directs me in the correct direction."
Hull then talked about wanting to get real Mexican food.
"Coming from England, we have no proper, really Mexican-like restaurants, so I just think, like English people just think Mexican food is just like fajitas, and I don't even know if you have fajitas, do you know what I mean?" she said. "When I come to the U.S., I always look for a traditional family-run Mexican restaurant because I love the taste of food and it's just so nice. Now, like after my press conference, I want to go to a Mexican restaurant and just go and eat some food."
LPGA golfers at El Camaleon competing in 2025 U.S. Women's Open
The winner of the 2025 Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, if not already in the field, gets the final spot in the USWO field. Here's the list of golfers playing this week and next.