Golfer Charley Hull has been widely criticized on social media for a prank she played on her caddie, Adam Woodward, by giving him a fake lottery card worth £100,000 ($188,300 Cdn). According to Hull, Woodward was so convinced he had won the money that he ran around the players' lounge celebrating before being told it was a joke. The online backlash against Hull has been severe, with many calling her "sociopathic" and saying she took pleasure in destroying someone's hope. Hull has reportedly earned over $12.9 million in her career, including almost $10m from tournament prize earnings.
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Charley Hull, a 30-year-old English golfer, pranked her caddie Adam Woodward into thinking he had won £100,000 ($188,300) by giving him a fake lottery card. She told reporters that Woodward was so convinced he had won that he ran around the players' lounge, saying "I've won $100,000, I'm taking today off." However, Hull's joke backfired when she and others had to tell Woodward it was a prank, and he almost quit his job as her caddie. The incident has sparked widespread criticism on social media, with many fans expressing disappointment in Hull's behavior.
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The tone of the article is generally neutral, but some word choice and framing suggest a mildly sympathetic approach towards Charley Hull's caddie, Adam Woodward, with phrases like 'swing and a miss' and quotes from X users defending him as 'mean-spirited'. However, the language used to describe the backlash against Hull, such as calling it 'overwhelmingly negative', implies some detachment.
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Golfer Charley Hull slammed online over lottery prank on her caddie
He thought he'd won £100,000.
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he → slam → 100,000
But she'd given him a fake card
English golf star Charley Hull might have thought she nailed a prank on her longtime caddie, Adam Woodward — but according to many fans on social media, it was more of a swing and a miss.
The three-time LPGA winner is facing widespread criticism after revealing during a Wednesday news conference that she tricked Woodward into believing he'd won £100,000 ($188,300 Cdn) on a fake lottery card.
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he → give → card
Woodward was "literally running around the players' lounge saying 'I’ve won $100,000, I’m taking today off,'" Hull told reporters ahead of the AIG Women’s Open, recounting the moment after he'd scratched the novelty card that she had purchased from a joke shop in Blackpool.
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she → run → Blackpool
"His face looked so happy, he was sweating, he was trembling, he couldn't believe his luck.
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he → look → luck
And then we had to tell him it was fake, and he nearly quit the job."
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he → have → job
Hull, 30, ended the story with a chuckle and this week also posted video of the prank on X with the caption: "Sorry Adam, looks like you’re still on the bag this week!"
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you → end → bag
Woodward has not commented publicly, but the online feedback from others was overwhelmingly negative.
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feedback → comment → others
"This isn’t funny, it’s mean," wrote one X user.
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user → ’ → ?
"Hope he finds a new bag to carry and that you never win again.
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you → hope → bag
Imagine taking pleasure [in] destroying someone's hope just because they're poorer than you."
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they → imagine → you
Another user wrote: "You’ve won almost $10m in your career …
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You → write → career
I hope there's a follow up where you cut him a cheque for $100k?
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you → hope → 100k
(According to this sports database, Hull's career tournament prize earnings actually total about $12.9 million US.)
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earnings → accord → US
Others came to Hull's defence, arguing that it was a harmless joke between a player and the caddie she's worked alongside since 2015.
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she → come → 2015
We don’t know the dynamic of their relationship and [may] prank each other all the time," wrote one X user.
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user → know → other
"I don’t know but I can't see Charley being a mean spirited person!
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Charley → know → ?
The backlash comes as Hull prepares to take another stab at winning her first career major at the AIG Women's Open.
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Hull → come → Open
The winner will take home $1.5 million US of a record $10 million US total prize purse.
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winner → take → purse
