SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - For all the countless times Celine Boutier has played Le Golf National, what carried her to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead Wednesday in the Olympics were the two days when she didn’t even have her clubs.
Allez Celine! Boutier dazzles French crowd with 65 to lead Olympic golf by 3
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - For all the countless times Celine Boutier has played Le Golf National, what carried her to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead Wednesday in the Olympics were the two days when she didn’t even have her clubs.
Boutier watched from the gallery over the weekend as the French fans cheered and chanted and sang for Victor Perez and Matthieu Pavon, ovations they rarely hear anywhere else.
When it was her time to perform, the 30-year-old from France delivered a round to remember. On a course so difficult that only two players broke 70, Boutier rolled in seven birdie putts and chipped in for another birdie to steal the show.
"I’m really over the moon with the way the tournament started for me," said Boutier, who won her first LPGA major last year at the Evian Championship in France.