LPGA DRIVE ON CHAMPIONSHIP

February 4, 2022

Celine Boutier

Crown Colony Golf & Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Another great round from Celine Boutier. How do you just keep the train rolling? Seems like you're really in a groove. Would you say that you're in as good of a groove in your LPGA career as ever right now?

CELINE BOUTIER: I mean, it's hard to tell. It's just been two tournaments. I mean, this week is the third. I feel like it's still early in the season. I think the key thing is that I have to be consistent throughout the season, not just for couple weeks.

So I'm not trying to think about that too much. Just trying to do my best each week. This week I feel like there are a lot of opportunities. And obviously it's blowing a little bit hard so it's not always easy for club selection, but I still feel like I can always improve, and just trying to do my best.

Q. Do you think that that mentality, that you want to be consistent throughout the year, you want to develop that consistently is making you motivated to perform at that kind of next level?

CELINE BOUTIER: Yeah, I think so. I feel like I'm trying to start over each week. Even if there was a good week or great week, a bad week the week before, I just start over the following week, try to do the best I can.

And then obviously the more consistent I am like at the top, then the better my chance of winning tournaments.

Q. You've had a great tournament so far. That includes today you opened on No. 10, bogey-free on the opening nine. Birdies at 12, 13, and 18. Then you had three birdies and an eagle on the front nine, your second nine. Take me through the day. Six birdies and an eagle on No. 9, if you want to start with that eagle.

CELINE BOUTIER: Yeah, it was my finishing hole actually, so par-5, helping wind; was able to reach it in two, and then made a 10-footer for eagle, which is a nice way to finish the round.

And then started on the back, so I just -- yeah bogey-free like you said. Just very steady. I feel like I hit it well and made a few putts so that helped me going.

And then the front, which was my back, I wasn't playing as well I would say. But the two par-5s I was able to take advantage of, so that helped me a lot on the back -- on the front.

Q. Is this a course where you want to be within a couple to chase? How far is too far from chasing the lead on this course specifically with the kind of gusty winds that appear at times?

CELINE BOUTIER: Yeah, I think you have a chance -- I don't know like how many shots too much. You just have to stay positive and make birdies. I feel like this course is very scorable and I feel comfortable in the wind, so I just am going to try to go as low as I can tomorrow.

Q. What's the biggest thing? I know you have said you start each week over. What's the biggest thing you've seen out of yourself the first two weeks of the season that you really hope to maybe dip into tomorrow and make a really run up the leaderboard?

CELINE BOUTIER: I feel pretty good about my weekends, to be honest. It was something I was struggling a bit with last year. I feel like I had a lot of tournaments where I played well the first two days, and then it's not always easy to be, you know, either in the lead or like in contention, especially the last two rounds, but the last round.

And I feel like the past two weeks have kind of proved that I -- I think I got better at that. I feel like I handled it better. I think it's only going to help me for the rest of this season and career because I just think you have to put yourself out there and then you just feel more comfortable, confident, and then know that you can pull it off.