She celebrated her birthday a week before and is one of the youngest-ever winners of the competition. The prestigious 36-hole scratch event, which is also open to professionals, is the curtain raiser to the season.
Charley, a past winner of the English girls’ U13 championship, had six birdies in her morning round of 66. In the afternoon she returned level par 71 with four birdies and four bogeys.
The runner-up, one shot behind, was England international Charlotte Ellis, from Gloucestershire, who had a pair of very tidy 69s.
The event attracted a very good entry and competitors played in fine but breezy conditions.
Leading final scores
Par 71 CSS am 73, pm 72
137 Charley Hull (Kettering) 66 71
138 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 69 69
142 Tara Davies (Wales) 72 70
143 Raffi Dyer (Hayling) 72 71
144 Cori Lee* (West Lancashire) 73 71
145 Amy Boulden (Wales) 73 72
146 Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 71 75
147 Katie Best (Sherwood Forest) 73 74; Alison Gray* (Ormskirk) 73 74
148 Sarah Walton* (Clitheroe) 76 72; Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 75 73
*denotes professional
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