Have you ever stayed in a swanky hotel room and been left completely dumbfoonert by the sheer number of light switches?

All you want is for the bedside lamp to go on and off but the more you prod and paw at the multi-function control panel, the more spectacular the illuminations become. A standing lamp glows into life here, a row of halogen bulbs sparkle there. Before long, your increasingly flustered jabbing gets the sequence so out of kilter, you end up shuffling about in the dark and stubbing your toe on a table leg while you mutter, mumble and curse at your own doddering incompetence.

The reason for such an elaborate introduction to this week's installment is to highlight the fact that nothing in life is ever simple. Yet, there are those who can make everything look pretty easy. In this topsy-turvy game of golf, the transition from the amateur scene to the professional stage can be a prolonged process fraught with turmoil. Not for Charley Hull, though. While the likes of 16-year-old Lydia Koh and Thai teen Ariya Jutanugarn have whipped the golfing world into a frenzy of excitement with their title-winning exploits on the women's circuit, English youngster Hull continues to barge her way towards the spotlight.

It can't be long before she, too, takes centre stage. The 17-year- old's second-place finish in the Unicredit Ladies German Open at the weekend, after a play-off defeat to Spain's Carlota Ciganda, continued a quite remarkable run of results on the Ladies European Tour. In the five events she has played on the circuit this season, Hull has been runner-up five times.

"When am I going to win?" she asked in the aftermath of her latest brush with glory. Hull only earned conditional status for the 2013 tour, having missed out on a full card at last year's qualifying school final, but, my goodness, she has certainly made the most of her opportunities.

Scotland's Carly Booth was in a similar position last year but won twice in quick succession during the summer to lift herself to a new level.

While Booth took time to find her feet after joining the paid ranks and dabbled in events on the second-tier Access Series, Hull has hit the ground running. In the space of just a couple of months, the former English Women's Amateur Strokeplay champion already has accumulated the kind of valuable experiences at the sharp end of affairs that many players would struggle to gain in their entire careers. Some will say that the run of near misses may plant seeds of doubt and the failure to get over the winning line will become a mental hindrance but, as a wide-eyed, fresh-faced rookie, she should be enjoying the ride. Winning breeds confidence but the benefits of being in contention every week, and suffering some disappointments along the way, will have certainly aided the learning process. What do they say about tasting the bitter before appreciating the sweet?

Given her flabbergasting start to life on tour, the prospect of Hull muscling her way into the European team for this season's Solheim Cup in Colorado is not beyond the realms of possibility. With the 12-strong side made up of the top-four off the European list, the best four from the world rankings and four remaining wild cards, Hull has staked a strong claim and, from a standing start, she already hovers on the fringes of the leading five on that European order. A year on from helping Great Britain & Ireland win the Curtis Cup for the first time since 1996 at Nairn, Hull's rapid rise knows no bounds.

It's taken Hull five events to establish herself on the Ladies European Tour. It's taken Scots girl Heather MacRae more than five years to make an impact. While she has yet to gain a toehold on the main circuit, the former British Women's Amateur Strokeplay champion's maiden victory on the Access Series in a play-off in Sweden just more than a week ago was a significant step in the right direction and pushed her into the promotion places.

"I'm really good at persevering and never giving up," said the 28-year-old from Dunblane, who is a fully qualified PGA professional but has never lost the desire and the dedication to be a touring pro at the top level. "But I was starting to question my mental toughness."

There may just be light at the end of the tunnel now, though.

AND ANOTHER THING

Andrew Dodt's double-whammy of holes-in-one in the same round, at the 7th and the 11th, during last weekend's Nordea Masters may have been a one-in-a-67-million achievement but the Australian still could not eclipse the near impossible feat of journeyman pro, John Hudson.

During the 1971 Martini Open at Royal Norwich, Hudson aced the 195-yard 11th with a 4-iron then holed his tee-shot with a driver at the downhill, 311-yard, par-4 12th.

"The crowd rushed to the next tee hoping to witness the hat trick, completely ignoring the fact that the 13th was about 500 yards long," recalled one redoubtable Scottish golf writer who was present that day.