Once again well placed, Céline Boutier signs her third consecutive top 5 on the LPGA Tour. She finished fourth in this GAINBRIDGE LPGA AT BOCA RIO, three strokes behind winner Lydia Ko. Pauline Roussin-Bouchard scored a top 20 for her first LPGA Tour tournament.

GAINBRIDGE LPGA New top 5 for Céline Boutier, Lydia Ko wins in Florida

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Our French women have once again shone on the LPGA Tour. On the course of Boca Rio, Céline Boutier once again grabbed a place of honor with a fourth place. After a first lap in the PAR, the French number 1 signs two laps without bogey in 67 (-5) then 69 (-3). In the last games on Sunday, she closed her week with a new 69 (-3). After her third place in the CME Group Tour Championship, her fourth place in the Tournament of Champions, the world number 25 confirms her current form with this new top 5.

She finished three strokes behind the winner Lydia Ko. The New Zealander had started the tournament with a superb card of 63 (-9), then two rounds in 70 (-2) and 72 (PAR) to stay at the forefront . She will resist the charge of Danielle Kang, winner last week of the Champions Tournament. Lydia Ko plays 69 (-3) on Sunday to win the GAINBRIDGE LPGA AT BOCA RIO one stroke ahead of American Danielle Kang.

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard will have achieved her great first on the LPGA Tour. Thanks to a last card of 68 (-4), she finished in the top 20 of the event. With three birdies on her go for a pass in -3, the former amateur world number 1 signs a bogey on the 15th, before noting an eagle on her card, three shots on the par 5 of the 16th. She finally ends at - 3 for the tournament in 18th place. She even offers herself the luxury of finishing a shot ahead of world number 1 Nelly Korda. 

Perinne Delacour, with a final card of 72 (PAR), finished in the total PAR for the tournament. She ranks 34th in the GAINBRIDGE LPGA AT BOCA RIO.

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