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Charley Hull: Teenage Tigress

31/05/2014 GMT

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James Burridge meets the teenage golf sensation Charley Hull.

Charley Hull is ripping up the record books in women's golf. James Burridge meets the teenage sensation from Kettering.

An eighteen-year-old girl from Kettering is on the verge of becoming a sporting superstar. Charley Hull is already rewriting the record books in women's golf. Charley first got the golfing world's attention when she won the English amateur championship at Turnbury, she was just nine years old and beat more than thirty thousand women to the title.

Charley, who turned professional last year, has had a stellar rookie season. She finished runner-up in her first five tournaments, a feat no-one else has ever achieved. But the year got even better when she was selected to represent Europe in the Solheim Cup. Playing in the women's equivalent of the Men's Ryder Cup, Charley was the youngest ever player selected to play. She did amazingly well, winning her game and helping Europe to lift the trophy on USA soil.

Reporter James Burridge has known Charley for almost a decade, he has had exclusive access to Charley and her family. We learn of the sacrifices the family has made to help Charley on her way. Double major champion Tony Jacklin and the UK's most successful women's golfer, Laura Davies, are big supporters of Charley and feature in the programme, tipping her for the top.

2014 could get even better. Just over a month ago, Charley won her first professional competition in Morocco. Her goal is to become the best in the world. This month, Charley faces her biggest test so far in the first major tournament of the year in America. This film goes behind the scenes and sees how Charley reacts to the pressure as she takes on the world's best players in California.

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