Charley Hull, Lydia KO offer different views on pension plans

Charley Hull was amazed at the question before the HSBC Women’s World Championship this week in Singapore. Surely, the question had nothing to do with it.

I read an article a few months ago that you were coming out (thinking) retired. What is it about it all?

The 28-year-old Hull soon ended every thought that she was thinking of following the footprints of the latest LPGA Lexi Thompson, Ally Ewing and Brittany Lincicome and looking to hang her golf shoes.

“I don’t think that’s for me, for sure,” Hull said. “Lexi is retired, G but not me. Obviously not me. I will play golf until I am in my deathbed. ”

The next day, another of LPGA’s largest stars entered the media center and was asked about its long -term golf plans.

Lydia KO’s response was, as expected, a little different.

Ko has long been in the record she plans to retire until the age of 30. While that timeframe has become a little less strong in recent years, KO still sounds like someone who has more professional golf behind it than before.

“Thirty is a long way to go,” KO said. “Now I’m 27 years old. Soon turning 28 years old. I’m just trying to take it honestly that day by day. My schedule has changed. I have gone from thinking that I would play ten, 15 events this year to play more than 20. And then some kind of reassessment during the middle of the season, where I am with my energy levels (and thinking) will I play more or less?

“I think this is a very downward question, but 30 is a long way. No doubt it doesn’t get easier. It is easier in the sense that I have come to these kinds of golf courses and I know what to expect, and I’m not like a novice getting used to these types of tournaments and courses. Still playing, and this is definitely the biggest goal for me now.

KO went to the golf podcast last year and offered more penetration In her retirement plan, admitting that she will retire after feeling enough is enough. This can be in 30. Or before. Or after.

“To be honest, no,” Ko Colt Kon and Drew Stoltz said when asked if she wanted to play for another 20 years. “I think when I was younger, I said I wanted to retire when I am 30 years old, and now that I am approaching 30, I am like, four years is still a long time from now. I am honestly taking that day and taking it during the week. When that happens, you are almost in the middle of the year, and then you are done with degrees and everything.

“And I think of every single player. I think until that moment comes, you really don’t know. How, I can say 30, or, like, 28, but who knows, I could play up to 35. That’s the beauty of golf, as long as we are healthy and capable, we can really do so for a long time and age.

It is appropriate that within a week that began with questions about their long -term golf plans, both Ko and Hull brought to Singapore.

KO runs after three rounds in 10-nine-par, while Hull is just a rhythm blow.

Pension comes to everyone. But for Ko and Hull, Elite Golf will be their present and future until they decide it is not.