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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":15,"author":86,"excerpt":87,"date":88,"readTime":89,"image":90,"imageAlt":83,"tags":91,"body":93,"_path":94},"Charley Hull Tells Critics to Lighten Up Over Caddie Scratchcard Prank","charley-hull-scratchcard-prank-caddie-backlash","long-reads","Sarah Martinez","The English golfer dismissed backlash after a scratchcard stunt on her caddie, telling social media critics to get a sense of perspective.","2026-07-30 22:20:30","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fcharley-hull-scratchcard-prank-caddie-backlash.webp",[92,27],"Golf","## Hull Fires Back at Scratchcard Critics\n\n**Charley Hull** pranked her caddie with a lottery scratchcard, posted it online, and told critics to do one thing.\n\n> \"Lighten up.\"\n\nHull presented her caddie with the scratchcard, building anticipation before the reveal. The gag landed on social media, then the backlash arrived. Commentators accused her of messing with someone's emotions for content. Others framed the joke as a genuine indignity.\n\nA golfer and her caddie spend hours together in pressured environments across 72-hole events, weather delays and missed cuts. They know each other's tolerances better than any stranger watching a 15-second clip on a phone.\n\nHull offered no mea culpa, no PR-drafted statement, no promise to learn from the experience. Two words and she moved on.\n\nHer caddie is an adult working in a profession built on endurance and self-control. 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