Charley Hull off to horror start at Olympics a day after saying smoking ban would cost her!

Charley Hull hooked her opening tee shot into the water en route to a disastrous opening round of 9-over 81 at the Women's Olympic Golf Tournament in Paris. 

Team GB's Hull, 28, admitted on the eve of the Women's Olympic Golf Competition that a smoking ban at Le Golf National would more than likely cost her a chance of finding herself on the podium on Saturday afternoon. 

Hull confirmed smoking cigarettes on the golf course helps her to relax in between shots. 

"Yeah, I do smoke on the course, it’s just something I do," Hull said after her practice round on Tuesday. 

"It’s a habit but I won’t do it this week.

"I think it will [affect my chances]. Because it relaxes me a little bit. But it is what it is."

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Hull was seemingly right in her assessment as she all-but played her way out of the Olympics in the first round on Wednesday. 

The World No.11 hooked her tee shot into the water down the par-4 1st and it led to an early double-bogey six.

She calmed things down with four pars in a row but then made six bogeys in the space of eight holes from the 6th.

Another bogey followed on the penultimate hole and it all added up to a dismal 9-over 81.

At the time of publication, Hull is third last in solo 58th and miles off the early pace. 

Home favourite Celine Boutier has surged to the front. 

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