Celine Boutier Facts: 20 Things You Didn't Know About French LPGA Tour Star

Get to know multiple-time Solheim Cup and LPGA Tour winner, Celine Boutier, better with these facts

Celine Boutier hits a drive
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Celine Boutier is one of Europe's best golfers with a Major to her name, multiple professional victories around the world and Solheim Cup appearances.

Get to know the LPGA Tour star better with these facts:

Celine Boutier facts:

1. Celine Boutier was born on November 10, 1993 in Clamart, France, a suburb in the south-west of Pais.

2. Her parents are from Thailand.

3. She started playing golf at the age of seven.

4. Boutier attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina where she starred on the golf team for four years. She was on the ACC Honor Roll for all four years, helped the Blue Devils win a national title in 2014, and also won the WGCA Player of the Year Honors in the same year. She majored in psychology along with a minor in economics and a markets and management certificate

5. She was the world's no.1-ranked female amateur golfer before turning professional.

6. She has a twin sister, who doesn't play golf, called Christie and a younger brother called Kevin.

Celine Boutier holds her LPGA trophy

Boutier at the 2023 LPGA Drive On Championship 

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7. In 2011, she competed on the Junior Solheim Cup alongside other well-known players Charley Hull, Leona Maguire and Amy Boulden. The Europeans had a 7-5 lead going into the singles but the Americans came back to tie 12-12 and retain the Cup.

8. She won the Women's Amateur Championship in 2015 at Portstewart in Northern Ireland, where she beat Linnea Strom 4&3 in the final.

9. She turned professional in 2016.

10. Boutier won her first two professional titles on the Symetra Tour in 2017 (the LPGA Tour's feeder circuit). 

11. Her maiden Ladies European Tour title came at the 2017 Sanya Open in China, where she was victorious by four strokes.

12. She won her first LPGA Tour title at the 2019 ISPS Handa Vic Open in Australia.

13. She went on to win her maiden Major title on home soil at the 2023 Evian Championship, becoming the first French winner.

Celine Boutier wins the Evian Championsihp

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14. She won again the very next week at the Women's Scottish Open.

15. She moved up to a career-high 3rd in the world after her back-to-back wins.

16. Boutier went 4-0-0 in her Solheim Cup debut at Gleneagles in 2019, where Europe won 14.5-13.5.

17. She also played in the 2021 and 2023 Solheim Cups.

18. Boutier is a PXG staff player.

19. She represented France at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and again at Paris 2024.

20. She has won over $7m on the LPGA Tour.

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Celine Boutier bio
BornNovember 10 1993, Clamart, France
CollegeDuke University
Turned pro2016
Current toursLPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour wins6
Ladies European Tour wins5
Major wins1 (2023 Evian Championship)
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Celine Boutier wins
TournamentTourWinning Score
2017 Self Regional Healthcare Foundation ClassicSymetra Tour-10 (playoff)
2017 Sioux Falls GreatLIFE ChallengeSymetra Tour-11 (1 stroke)
2017 Sanya Ladies OpenLadies European Tour-12 (4 strokes)
2018 Australian Ladies ClassicLadies European Tour-10 (2 strokes)
2019 ISPS Handa Vic OpenLPGA Tour-8 (2 strokes)
2021 Lacoste Ladies Open de FranceLadies European Tour-11 (1 stroke)
2021 ShopRite LPGA ClassicLPGA Tour-14 (1 stroke)
2023 LPGA Drive On ChampionshipLPGA Tour-20 (playoff)
2023 Amundi Evian ChampionshipMajor-14 (6 strokes)
2023 Women's Scottish OpenLPGA/LET-25 (2 strokes)
2023 Maybank ChampionshipLPGA Tour-21 (playoff)
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Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV