While most kids in the UK were trading Pokémon cards over Happy Meals and washing down Haribo sweets with Coke, a young Charley Hull sat at her family’s table, eyeing homemade Polish cuisine. No fizzy drinks. No McDonald’s. No exceptions. Fast forward to October 2025, and the now 29-year-old LPGA star isn’t shy about crediting her mother’s iron-fisted approach to nutrition.

Her mother, Basienka, who explored her Polish heritage through traditional Eastern European health practices, maintained an unwavering commitment to homemade, fresh, cooked food. The only treat Hull remembers? Maybe a pizza on Friday. That was it. Despite this, Hull doesn’t resent this upbringing. Actually, she’s incredibly grateful for it.

“As an adult, I’ve never craved it,” Hull told Golfweek during the Hanwh

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