She also has three other top-15 finishes on her 2023 resume, most notably a tie for 14th that came at The Chevron Championship.Ĭoming to a pressure-packed week like this one, being in good form certainly helps settle the nerves that tend to arise when teeing it up on home soil. In addition to her win, she has recorded three other top-five finishes this year, a tie for fourth at the Honda LPGA Thailand, a fifth place at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play presented by MGM Rewards and a tie for third at last week's Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational alongside partner Yuka Saso. The Amundi Evian Championship marks her 14th start of the 2023 season. This year I just decided to try to approach it as a regular event.'īoutier became the winningest French player in LPGA Tour history earlier this season after she captured her third career victory at the LPGA Drive On Championship at Superstition Mountain. Especially on this course, it's easy to do because there are so (many) danger zones everywhere. Try to think like a normal tournament and just approach the course like a regular course if that makes sense instead of being like over-cautious or like over-dramatic. You just tell yourself you're not at home. 'Honestly, you play mind games with yourself. 'Finished the round also very solid with two birdies on the last two par 5s so very happy with my round. I feel like I definitely gave myself a bunch of birdie opportunities and I hit a lot of fairways, so I feel like I was really able to get off to a good start,' said Boutier, who hit 10 of 13 fairways and 15 of 18 greens. 'It was a very solid day from start to finish. Playing on home soil is never easy, so Boutier was proud of how she handled herself on Thursday and hopes to build off that momentum throughout the next 54 holes. It's also her lowest round ever at Evian Resort Golf Club, besting her previous benchmark of 68 by two shots. The score is Boutier's first round in the 60s since day two of The Chevron Championship in April and is her lowest first-round score of the 2023 season. The 29-year-old made another birdie on the first hole and rattled off five consecutive pars before birdieing the par-5, 7th and par-5, 9th holes to post a 66.

Starting her day on the back nine, Boutier birdied the par-4, 11th hole and then grabbed two more birdies on the par-3, 14th hole and the par-3, 16th hole, bogeying No. EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France | Frenchwoman Celine Boutier is in the mix early at The Amundi Evian Championship, carding a first-round, 5-under 66 in front of a hometown crowd to open her week in Evian-les-Bains.

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