Medical Issue That Forced Charley Hull to Step Back From Heavy Gym Training in 2025
BELLEAIR, FL - NOVEMBER 14: LPGA, Golf Damen golfer Charley Hull walks the 18th hole during The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican on November 14, 2025, at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire. GOLF: NOV 14 LPGA The ANNIKA EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon25111460
BELLEAIR, FL - NOVEMBER 14: LPGA, Golf Damen golfer Charley Hull walks the 18th hole during The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican on November 14, 2025, at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire. GOLF: NOV 14 LPGA The ANNIKA EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon25111460
Charley Hull probably could've achieved a lot more in 2025 if she hadn't suffered from the multiple medical issues she did.
The 29-year-old LPGA star appeared on the LPGA’s YouTube channel in October 2025, where she opened up about suffering a back injury and the complications associated with it.
She admitted, "I've actually got a back injury at the minute from lifting up a box two weeks before Evian. I've torn something, and now I've got these cysts growing on the side of my spine...all my discs are perfect. It's just these little cysts where I've tore my back. So I can't actually ever lift weights again in the gym."
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - SEPTEMBER 27: LPGA, Golf Damen golfer Charley Hull waits on the 9th tee during the second round of the Indy Women In Tech on September 27, 2019 at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Club in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire GOLF: SEP 27 LPGA - Indy Women in Tech Championship PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxRUSxSWExNORxDENxONLY Icon270919260. Image Courtesy: IMAGO
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - SEPTEMBER 27: LPGA, Golf Damen golfer Charley Hull waits on the 9th tee during the second round of the Indy Women In Tech on September 27, 2019 at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Club in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire GOLF: SEP 27 LPGA - Indy Women in Tech Championship PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxRUSxSWExNORxDENxONLY Icon270919260. Image Courtesy: IMAGO
However, the back injury is far from being the only one that plagued Hull in the 2025 season. The series of her medical complications started with a health scare at the Amundi Evian Championship in July.
During the first round, she fainted twice on the course and was taken back to the clubhouse on a stretcher before later withdrawing. Her illness stemmed from a viral infection.
Soon after, she suffered the back injury mentioned above, ahead of the next major. But her problems didn't end even after she recovered.
The injury later led to ongoing issues around the joints in her back, creating pain she has had to work through while continuing to compete.
However, besides causing problems, the injuries also pushed Hull to become stronger, who didn't care about the issues.
Pain Couldn’t Stop Charley Hull From Competing and Winning
Hull began physiotherapy to recover from her back injury, but before she could fully recover, she competed in the 2025 Kroger City Queen championship.
During a press conference amid the event, Hull confessed that her back hurt whenever she went for full swings. However, she didn't show any signs of backing down because of the pain.
Hull said, "Today it hurt. It's just a lot of golf last week and then straight into this week, but pain's only a b***** weakness of the mind."
The 29-year-old eventually won the tournament, which speaks volumes about how "pain" couldn't stop her conquests.
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Written by
Aditi Singh
Edited by
Souvik Roy