UK No 1 Hull happy to tee it up at Muirfield

‘It’s a good golf course’, she declares

Charley Hull would have no hesitation in playing at Muirfield, which she believes could host the British Women’s Open after overturning its ban on female membership.

The East Lothian course was immediately removed from the Open Championship rota after a first vote narrowly failed to achieve the two-thirds majority required in May last year.

However, Henry Fairweather, the captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers which owns and runs Muirfield, announced on Tuesday that the rule change had been passed by 498 votes to 123 after a second ballot, with 80.2% of members in favour.

And that decision was swiftly followed by one from the R&A which means Muirfield, which has hosted the Open 16 times, will again be eligible to stage the sport’s oldest major championship.

Speaking as Bridgestone announced an Olympic partnership activation campaign ‘Chase your dream, no matter what’, Hull told Press Association Sport: “I think it’s good that they’ve changed their minds.

“I’m happy it has changed. You never know, the Women’s British Open could be played there one day now.

“I’d play there. It’s a good golf course. I don’t have to go into the clubhouse. A golf course is a golf course to me.”

The 20-year-old is Britain’s number one and ranked 15th in the world.

Hull, who finished two shots off a bronze medal at last August’s Olympics in Rio, also called for change at the Tokyo 2020 golf venue.

The nominated course for the Games, the Kasumigaseki Country Club, currently does not permit full women members.

The International Olympic Committee has suggested it would demand a change in venue unless there is gender equality.

Picture: Getty. Charley Hull says she would not hesitate to play at Muirfield.