Charley Hull produces the fireworks during third round of AIG Women's Open

Charley Hull produced fireworks during the third round of the AIG Women's Open.

Hull, 29, who has become synonymous for a no-nonsense attitude on the golf course, rocketed up the leaderboard on Saturday. 

The English golf star caught fire on the front nine at Royal Porthcawl, notching five birdies to make the turn in 31 strokes. 

Two more birdies, a bogey and six pars on the back saw her sign for a six-under 66.

She will have a slim chance of landing her first major championship title on Sunday, but will likely need mistakes from the leaders if she is to get her hands on the $1.46m top prize. 

Hull's moving day also included a wild tee shot on the fourth hole.

Her drive was so wildly right her golf ball landed perilously close to Minjee Lee, who was preparing to hit her tee shot on the 15th hole. 

"Oops," hot mics picked up Hull saying before she bellowed: "Fore right!"

Lee - who won her third major title last month at the Women's PGA Championship - heard the shout but, clearly, thought it was for another group and continued to go through her pre-shot routine. 

The Aussie then caught a fright after Hull's golf ball landed a few yards away. 

"I like the cry of oops," said Sky Sports commentator Andrew Cotter on the broadcast. 

Watch the moment here:

Charley Hull may be surprising herself

Hull admitted she did not have high expectations heading into the final women's major of 2025. 

She was forced to withdraw from the Evian Championship in France last month after collapsing on the golf course. 

Hull later thanked medics and revealed she was battling a virus. 

She told reporters earlier in the week she had lost a considerable amount of weight and her swing speed was down. 

Because she did not want to risk overdoing it, Hull also had not visited a gym in weeks. 

Hull also hurt her back lifting a box out of her car, she said. 

"'I'm not hitting it the best coming into this week which is very frustrating because it's an event I've been looking forward to playing all year," she said.

"I've just got to go out there with what I've got."

"I wouldn't really watch golf now really"

Hull also turned heads with her comments about the sport in general. 

It came as a surprise to many that she doesn't live and breathe the sport like other Tour pros do. 

"I wouldn't really watch golf now really," she said. 

"I think golf back 20, 30 years ago, up to the 2000s, it was more of an art. 

"The players, even then men, would have to hit draws and fades, where I think now it's become more of a power game. 

"The technology has advanced so much everyone can just hit it straight and far, and it’s kind of taken the art away from it."

She added: "Whenever I watch golf, I'll watch who won the British Open in the 1970s and that. I find it way more interesting back then."