Hall first came to prominence at the age of 20, when she won the 1987 English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Northumberland golf club, winning by 7 strokes from Alison Johns.[2] The following week she won the English Intermediate Championship at Sheringham, a match-play event for women aged between 18 and 23, beating Sara Robinson 2&1 in the final.[3] Earlier in the year she had made her senior debut for England in the European Ladies' Team Championship at Turnberry.[4] In 1987 she also made her first appearance in the Women's Home Internationals, played that year at Ashburnham. England won the event, with Hall unbeaten in her six matches.[5]
In early 1989, playing with Linda Bayman, they were runners-up in the Avia Foursomes behind Lora Fairclough and Joanne Morley.[14] Hall also reached the final of the English Intermediate Championship, losing to Lora Fairclough, and made her debut in the Vagliano Trophy match in Italy.[1] In 1990 Hall won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Dunbar, beating Helen Wadsworth 3&2 in the final.[15] She was included in the Curtis Cup team for Bernardsville, New Jersey, which was selected immediately afterwards.[15] The American won by 14 points to 4. Hall's results showed a similar pattern to 1988, with two wins on the first day followed by two defeats on the final day. She played with Kathryn Imrie in both foursomes sessions. In the singles she beat Vicki Goetze but lost to Karen Noble.[16] She was again included in the Espirito Santo Trophy team for the event which was held in New Zealand in October. The team repeated their 1988 performance, again taking the bronze medal.[13]
In 1994 Hall won the English Women's Amateur Championship at The Berkshire, beating Suzanne Sharpe by one hole in the final.[28] She led the qualifying in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship.at Newport after rounds of 70 and 72, to be the top seed.[29] However she lost to Catriona Matthew in the quarter-finals.[30] She was again selected for the Curtis Cup team, which was announced after the British championship.[31] The match in Chattanooga was tied, which meant that Great Britain & Ireland retained the cup. Hall played with Lisa Walton in both foursomes sessions, winning both matches. She played against Jill McGill in both singles sessions, halving on the first day but losing on the final day.[32] Later in the year she played in the Espirito Santo Trophy in France. The team had a poor start and were lying 25th after the opening day. However they recovered to finish in a tie for 8th place.[33]
In early 1996 Hall won the Spanish Amateur Championship for the second time, beating Maria Hjorth in the final.[1] In April Hall was selected for the Curtis Cup match, played in June in Killarney. she had announced that she would be retiring from competitive golf after the event.[41] Great Britain & Ireland won the match but Hall lost all four of her matches, two foursomes played with Lisa Educate and two singles matches.[42][43] Free made a brief return to competitive golf in 1997, winning the Sunningdale Foursomes with Helen Wadsworth.[44]
From 1996 to 2000 Hall was tournament secretary and then secretary of the Ladies Golf Union at St Andrews.[44][45] She then became Assistant Director of Rules at the R&A until 2007.[46] She turned professional in 2011 to follow a career in golf tuition.[47]
Personal life
She married Michael Hall in April 1989 and Steve Otto in 2003.[46]