With a prolific season already under her belt France’s Celine Boutier is eyeing further silverware at this week’s Lacoste Ladies Open de France as she arrives home days after retaining the Solheim Cup with Team Europe.
2023 has been nothing short of remarkable for Boutier with the French star registering three worldwide wins including a Major victory at The Amundi Evian Championship.
Climbing to the top of the Race to Costa del Sol standings in the process and reaching her best ever position in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings (the current World No 5 reached World No 3 back in August), Boutier is excited to be home as she targets further success in front of friends and family alike.
“It’s very nice to be back,” the 29-year-old said. “I definitely don’t get as many chances as I would like to come back [to France], so it’s always nice to come back here. To be close to Paris where I live is also very nice.
“I have my whole family coming out as well as a few friends, supporters of mine that I have known for a long time. It’s very nice to be so close to Paris and to have people come out and watch me play. It’s really good to see everyone.”
Boutier was victorious in this event back in 2021 when she dramatically birdied the final hole at Golf Club du Medoc to clinch victory over Scotland’s Kylie Henry.
“It was definitely one of my favourite ever weeks”, she remembers two years on. “I feel like it was such a good tournament and a great finish right at the end. It was so good for me and my confidence to win that week. I definitely hope I can win this tournament again.”
For the second consecutive year, the Lacoste Ladies Open de France will be staged at Golf Barriere in Deauville, with Boutier expecting a different challenge compared to last year when she finished sixth.
She said: “I think the course is going to be playing a lot softer than last year so it should be interesting to see how different it will be and how I will have to adapt. But I feel like it’s a decently hilly course with not many even lies, so it should be a fun week.
“It’s a different course to the Evian Resort and to where I won the title before at Golf Club du Medoc. It’s a new challenge so I would love to be able to win it again this year.”
Boutier currently has three worldwide wins to her name this season on top of last week’s Solheim Cup retention. Over on the LPGA Tour, the Frenchwoman claimed a hard-fought playoff victory over…
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