LPGA DRIVE ON CHAMPIONSHIP

March 26, 2023

Anne Marie Palli

Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Anne Marie Palli. Just saw Celine Boutier become the winningest French woman in LPGA history. What does it mean to have somebody like that win out here?

ANNE MARIE PALLI: Well, it's wonderful for her to win, and what's so fun, and I just made her aware, she won in Australia, she won in Atlantic City and here, and Atlantic City and here are the two tournaments I won as well, on tour.

She's a hard worker. She's a great player. Yeah, and she's very nice. I'm very excited for her.

Q. How have you watched her mature and grow in the last couple years? She played really solid in '22. This was a long time coming I feel like.

ANNE MARIE PALLI: Yes, but, you know, she always impress me. She was quite mature, so I don't know if it's her education at Duke University, but, yes, and I saw her gaining more confidence year after year, and it shows on tour. She's been getting better and better all the time, and it's not finished.

Q. Finally, future of French golf, at least on the ladies side of things is strong. How excited are you to see what Celine is doing and the rest of the French players on tour?

ANNE MARIE PALLI: Yes, I think it's wonderful what she's doing. And then we have Pauline as well, a young 22 year old that is going to have a phenomenal career as well.

All that, as you can imagine, it's very inspiring for young French player to play.

And so, yeah, it's great.