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A few days after Europe's historic triumph in the Solheim Cup, in which she played a major role by winning her four matches, Céline Boutier is obviously the most anticipated golfer this week in Gironde for the Lacoste Ladies Open de France. Third crowned Frenchwoman in this team event between the Old Continent and the United States, the female equivalent of the Ryder Cup, the 25-year-old player comes to the Golf du Médoc Resort in full confidence.

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She is preparing to play her fifth Lacoste Ladies Open de France there, a tournament with which she has a special bond: “I don't often have the opportunity to play in France during the season, so whenever it happens, I do it with pleasure. The Lacoste Ladies Open de France is a very special tournament for me, because it is my national open of course, but also the first professional tournament to which I was invited when I was still an amateur. This is why I have at heart to give back to this test what it brought to me ”she says.

Favorite of the tournament in view of her performance at Gleneagles, the 56th player in the world fully assumes this status, despite very legitimate fatigue after such a trying week. “It's a good fatigue! " she tempers. “Last week things couldn't have been better for us, for the Solheim Cup and for women's golf, so it's okay to come here tired. We gave everything, and it takes a little time to recover from such a week. I hope to be ready tomorrow to have a good week ”. Céline Boutier will play the first two rounds alongside her compatriot Céline Herbin, the last Tricolor to have won in the event in 2015, and Nelly Korda, the 10th player in the world also present in Scotland in the American camp. This trio of stars will start at 13:43 p.m. Thursday from tee n ° 1.

The other star part will start in the morning, at 9:55 am, on the 10th. It will bring together two members of Team Europe, the Spanish Azahara Muñoz and the Swedish Caroline Hedwall, respectively laureates of the Lacoste Ladies Open de France in 2013 and 2014 for the first, and last year for the second. The German Esther Henseleit, current n ° 2 in the European ranking, will accompany them. Finally, it should be noted that 26 French women will take the start of their national open, including an amateur player, the Breton Candice Mahé, 19 years old and player of the France pole.

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