Céline Boutier (born 10 November 1993) is a French
professional golfer
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.
Amateur career
Boutier won several international amateur events including the 2012
European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2015
British Ladies Amateur. She played college golf at
Duke University
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from 2012 to 2016, winning four events.
She helped the team to an
NCAA Golf Championship in 2014. In 2014, she was the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WCGA) Player of the Year
and won the
Honda Sports Award
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for golf.
[ In her junior year, Boutier began working with Cameron McCormick, a swing coach known for his work with the PGA Tour's Jordan Spieth.]
In late 2014 and early 2015, Boutier was the No. 1 woman in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. In September 2014, Boutier finished T-29th at the Evian Championship, an LPGA major in her home country.
Professional career
In 2017, Boutier captured two wins on the Symetra Tour
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(Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Classic and Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge) as well as eight top-10 finishes. She became the third member of the 2017 graduating class to exceed $100,000 in a single-season earnings and was the first player from France to earn her LPGA Tour card through the Symetra Tour since 2013. After the Symetra Tour season concluded, Boutier played several events on the Ladies European Tour
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, winning the Sanya Ladies Open
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Winners
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In 2018 she played in 25 events on the LPGA Tour and made 16 cuts, earning $319,577 and finishing 61st on the money list. She shot a 63 in the third round of the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, a career low round.[ She also won the Australian Ladies Classic, an event co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the ]ALPG Tour The WPGA Tour of Australasia, formerly known as the ALPG Tour, is a professional golf tour for women which is based in Australia. WPGA stands for Women's Professional Golfers' Association.
The tour was founded as the Ladies Professional Golf Associ ...
. She finished 10th on the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit while playing in only seven events.
In February 2019, Boutier enjoyed her first LPGA Tour win at the ISPS Handa Vic Open. In the final round, Boutier made a critical birdie on the 15th hole and showed "nerves of steel" to claim a two-shot lead and victory in the $1.5 million tournament. In doing so, she ended a long drought for French players on the LPGA Tour, becoming the first female pro from France to win since Patricia Meunier-Lebouc in 2003.
With the LPGA Tour on hold because of coronavirus, Boutier won the Texas Women's Open on 4 June 2020, edging out Texas native Cheyenne Knight.[
]
Personal life
Boutier was born in France to Thai parents. At Duke University, she earned a psychology degree and had a minor in economics.[ She has a twin sister who does not play golf and a younger brother.][
]
Amateur wins
*2010 Skandia Junior Open Girls, Classic de Joyenval, European Girls Team Qualifying, Italian International Championship
*2011 Annika Invitational
*2012 European Nations Cup Individual, Internationaux De France Juniors (Trophee Esmond), German International Amateur, European Ladies Amateur Championship
*2014 Bryan National Collegiate, PING - ASU Invitational, ACC Championship
*2015 British Ladies Amateur
*2016 LSU Tiger Golf Classic
Source:
Professional wins (10)
LPGA Tour wins (2)
^Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
Ladies European Tour wins (3)
^Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
Symetra Tour wins (2)
Other wins (3)
*2016 Fort Rucker Ladies Open
*2020 Texas Women's Open, Kathy Whitworth Paris Championship
Results in LPGA majors
''Results not in chronological order before 2019.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament
"T" = tied
Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (twice)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)
LPGA Tour career summary
^ Official as of 31 July 2022
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
World rank
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Team appearances
Amateur
* Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2011 (winners), 2013 (winners), 2015 (winners)
* Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2011 (tie)
* Espirito Santo Trophy (representing France): 2012
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, 2014
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* European Ladies' Team Championship (representing France): 2013
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, 2014
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(winners)
Source:[
Professional
* Solheim Cup (representing Europe): ]2019
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(winners), 2021
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(winners)
Solheim Cup record
References
External links
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French female golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Ladies European Tour golfers
Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships
Olympic golfers of France
Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Duke Blue Devils women's golfers
People from Antony, Hauts-de-Seine
People from Montrouge
Golfers from Dallas
French people of Thai descent
1993 births
Living people