Charley Hull makes Tiger Woods claim after landing LPGA hat-trick

Charley Hull admits she hasn't a clue how golf legend Tiger Woods won so many tournaments on the PGA Tour while under pressure after what she experienced en route to winning on the LPGA on Sunday.

Hull, 29, looked like she was going to come up short once again at the Kroger Queen City Championship only for a shocking late collapse from Jeeno Thitikul to hand her a third career LPGA title.

The win marked Hull's first on the LPGA in nearly three years and her first around the world in 10 months. 

After watching Thitikul take four putts right in front of her en route to a bogey on the par-5 18th, Hull was left with a short one-foot birdie putt to prevail by a shot at TPC River's Bend. 

Hull's hands were shaking, and she had to back off the putt as a result. 

But she held her nerve to tap the ball home for a first win of the season. 

"Yeah, it was only like a foot putt, but I think I was generally that shocked, and then I get a lot of adrenaline on the way round," Hull told reporters after sealing her LPGA career hat-trick. 

"I can cog down -- say if it was like a 190 pin that would be a 5-iron; I could hit a 7-iron that far.

"I feel like I was pretty calm coming into the green knew I had to hole the putt four eagle. Missed it and had a foot putt. When I realized I had it for the win I had this mad shock of adrenaline come through me and my hands was like shaking.

"I was like, oh, no. Usually I can calm it down in like five minutes but I had to play straightaway. I had to back off it twice. I don't know how like Tiger Woods won that many tournaments, that much pressure. It was just a shock.

"If I knew it was to win coming up the hole I think I would've been fine. I think I was just so shocked. Yeah, I? Holed it and it was good. Even though it was a foot putt, they feel like 10-footers."

The victory vaults Hull up to ninth in the Race to CME Globe with two months left of the LPGA season. 

The final event takes place at the CME Group Tour Championship from 20-23 November. 

She won her first ever LPGA title at that particular event in 2016. 

Hull told Sky Sports recently that she considers it's just a matter of time until she wins her first major title.

She came close once again in the majors when finishing runner-up at the AIG Women's Open at Royal Porthcawl in Wales in early August. 

That marked her fourth career runner-up finish in the majors.