In the Winner's Circle With Celine Boutier

Hometown/Resides: Montrouge, France/Dallas, Texas 

Birthdate: November 10, 1993; currently 27 years, 10 months, 23 days 

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T44 at the 2016 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 17 status for the 2017 season 

Rookie Year: 2017

             

VICTORIES 
LPGA: Second career victory  

PREVIOUS WINS: 2019 ISPS Handa Vic Open
LET: Three career victories

SYMETRA TOUR: Two career victories

RACE TO THE CME GLOBE 

Boutier earns 500 points and is projected to move from 35th to 16th with 1,339.65 points. 

 

MONEY 

Boutier earns $262,500; she has earned $700,172 for the season and $2,164,532 for her LPGA career.

 

PREVIOUS SHOPRITE LPGA CLASSIC RESULTS 

2020 – T43; 2018 – T28

 

2021 LPGA TOUR PERFORMANCE 

Nineteen events played, 16 cuts made, $700,172 earned; one win and four additional top-10 finishes

OF NOTE

• With the win, Boutier surpasses $2 million in career earnings ($2,164,532)
• Boutier  became a first Rolex First-Time Winner at the 2019 ISPS Handa Vic Open
• She matches Patricia Meunier-Lebouc and Anne-Marie Palli for most wins by a French golfer in LPGA Tour history
• Won the 2020 Texas Women’s Open and the Kathy Whitworth Paris Championship on the WAPT during the LPGA Tour’s coronavirus hiatus
• Three-time winner on the Ladies European Tour; most recently at the 2021 Lacoste Ladies Open de France two weeks ago
• Two-time winner on the Symetra Tour in 2017 including the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic and the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge
• Boutier is a 2016 graduate of Duke University and one of two Duke alumnae to win on the LPGA Tour (Brittany Lang—2016 U.S. Women’s Open)
• She was a two-time All-American for the Blue Devils and the 2013-14 National Player of the Year helping lead the Blue Devils to the 2014 NCAA Championship
• Boutier is in her fifth season on the LPGA Tour and has two career wins; most recent before this victory was the 2019 ISPS Handa Vic Open
• This is Boutier’s 19th event of the 2021 LPGA Tour season; she has five top-10 results with a win
• This is Boutier’s third appearance at the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer; her best finish (T28) before this victory came in 2018