Women’s Open: Celine Boutier would become top-ranked player with a win

She is arguably the most popular golfer on the planet proper now.

Following her victories on the Amundi Evian Championship and the Ladies’s Scottish Open, Celine Boutier arrives on the AIG Ladies’s Open at Walton Heath Golf Membership trying to make it three in a row.

Ought to she emerge victorious once more, Boutier will turn out to be the top-ranked participant on the planet.

“To be honest, [the odds of] even successful two in a row is already fairly low, so I do know three can be unbelievable if it occurs,” Boutier stated. “However I’m simply not going to place a whole lot of strain on myself about that. I’m actually attempting to place some good rounds collectively and see on the finish.”

She has performed spectacularly as of late, carding seven of her final eight rounds within the 60s. The outlier got here final Sunday on the Scottish Open, the place she shot a 2-under 70 to win by two.

The week earlier than, on the Evian, Boutier gained her first main championship, which was outstanding contemplating it got here in her residence nation of France.

“I’m simply so pleased to have already gained my first main,” Boutier stated Tuesday. “I clearly wish to end the final main of the season very well, however I’m positively not placing a lot strain to win this week.”

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Walton Heath requires accuracy off the tee, which Boutier has struggled with all through her profession. But, her driving recreation is an enormous motive she has been so profitable over the previous two weeks.

“I believe my lengthy recreation has been actually strong the previous few weeks as a result of they had been each fairly demanding programs,” Boutier stated. “I really feel such as you needed to be fairly correct with the strategy photographs, so I really feel like that is going to assist me a little bit bit this week. It’s a little bit little bit of an extended course, so I’ll have a whole lot of hybrids and stuff like that.”

“However I really feel like so long as I can hit it on greens and provides myself some probabilities, I must be fairly good.”

Walton Heath has obtained a whole lot of rain this summer time, so the course will play longer and softer than typical.

It is going to certainly check Boutier, who ranks 99th on the LPGA Tour in driving distance.

But, she has hit the ball higher than anybody over the previous two weeks.

Ought to she proceed to strike it effectively—and win once more—Boutier would declare her second main championship of the season and second straight main title.

The final time somebody gained two straight majors was in 2013, when Inbee Park gained the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the Wegmans LPGA Championship.

Boutier has what it takes to get it performed. Now she has to exit and do it.

Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By means of. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter @jack_milko for extra golf protection. Remember to take a look at @_PlayingThrough too.