Our French women will have made us vibrate on the various circuits all year round, whether it is with places of honor or victories snatched on the wire. A look back at a particularly brilliant 2021 season for the rising stars of French women's golf.

This year has been particularly rich for French women's golf between performances and victories. The LPGA and LET Q-Schools also allowed the French to shine and obtain new categories for the 2022 season.

As in 2020, Céline Boutier finishes at the top of the French ranking: she is in 28th place in the world ranking. This year will have been another brilliant year for Céline Boutier who won at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France at the Médoc golf course before winning her second title on the LPGA Tour at the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer. She ended her season on a high note with a third place in the closing LPGA tournament after a long fight for victory: the CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP.

  • Manon Gidali during round 3 of the Cape Town Ladies open on 08/04/2021

Céline Herbin will also have shone during the US Women'S Open with a nice 14th place in this tough tournament.

The exploits of the young blue

The young players shone this year taking every experience as an opportunity to express themselves.

After turning pro in the course of 2021, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard will not stop climbing the ranks. From her second start in a tournament as a professional, she signed her first victory by winning the Didriksons Skaftö Open (Sweden). Three weeks later, she finished on the podium at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France with a fine third place.

After a brilliant career in the United States, the university champion from South Carolina played out her game with talent to move as quickly as possible on the LPGA Tour. She won the Qualifying Tournament Stage II before finishing second in the Q-Series marathon. She thus won her playing rights for the 2022 season of the LPGA Tour.

A great story has emerged in Italy with Lucie Malchirand's first professional victory. Still an amateur, she was only playing her second LET tournament, when she was 18 she won the Ladies Italian Open.

Marine Griffaut and Charlotte Liautier also achieved the feat of winning a professional tournament with amateur status by winning respectively the Montauban Ladies Open and the Santander Golf Tour Barcelona, ​​LETAS tournaments.

Charlotte Liautier will evolve next year on the Ladies European Tour after having obtained her playing rights during the Q-School LET. She will be accompanied by Agathe Laisné, Anne-Charlotte Mora and Manon Gidali, winner this year on the Sunshine Tour.

Agathe Laisné will also be able to play in certain LPGA Tour tournaments thanks to her 22nd place in the Q-Series.

Emma Broze playing in the American second division, the Symetra Tour also stood out at the top of the leaderboard, winning the? Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic.

By Baptiste Laurensou.