Boutier extends lead heading into the final day

Amundi Evian Championship R3

With a steady drizzle on Saturday, the leaderboard saw the rise of several players, yet one player stood atop the leaderboard as she continued her streak of rounds in the 60s. Frenchwoman Celine Boutier fired a 4-under 67 to maintain her Friday lead heading into the final day by three strokes at 11-under. Boutier came quickly out of the gates with a chip-in birdie on No. 2 followed by birdies on 5, 7, and 9 to make the turn at -4. Her round slowed down as she made her only bogey of the day, and just her fourth bogey of the week, on the par-4 12th. She finished her second nine at even, thanks to an equalizing birdie on 15 to hold her second-ever 54-hole lead at a major championship.

“Yeah, I’m just going to take a lot of confidence. I feel like the past three rounds have really been three different weather conditions, and so the fact that I’ve been able to keep my game solid for the past three days is very positive. Just going to try to focus on that tomorrow,” said Boutier, who is looking to claim her second LPGA Tour victory of the season, and fourth of her career.

Six-time LPGA Tour winner and Japanese player Nasa Hataoka carded a second-round 67 to move her way into the final grouping with Boutier at -8. Hataoka started strong with a score of 30 on the front nine, recording six birdies, including four straight from Nos. 4-7, and one bogey on the par-4 3rd. As the round continued, she ran into speed bumps on Nos. 14 and 16 to shoot two-over on the back nine to finish out the day.

“Yeah, it was good iron shots and distance control,” said Hataoka who could become the first player from Japan to win the Amundi Evian Championship as a major on Sunday. “Then also was good too with my putting stroke, so was really comfortable.”

In third place are 2021 Amundi Evian Championship winner Minjee Lee and defending champion Brooke Henderson. Both players seemed more comfortable with Evian Resort Golf Club, firing rounds of 66 and 67, respectively, on Saturday to come within shots of Boutier. Lee’s 66 with seven birdies ties for the second-best round at Evian Resort Golf Club this week and ties for the most birdies seen in a single round among the field on Saturday. Henderson’s third-round 67 included nine-hole scores of 29 and 38, with seven birdies as well. Her front-nine score of 29 ties with 10 other players in LPGA Tour history for the lowest nine-hole score in women’s major championship.

Other notable players within the top-10 of the leaderboard are Rolex Rankings No. 2 Nelly Korda, who tied the lowest round of the week (64) on Saturday, and 2021 U.S. Women’s Open champion Yuka Saso, who maintained her spot on the leaderboard with an even-par 71 in the third round.

Pos.PlayerTo ParR1R2R3Total
1Celine Boutier-11666967202
2Nasa Hataoka-8706768205
T3Minjee Lee-7697166206
T3Brooke M. Henderson-7697067206
T5Nelly Korda-6707364207
T5Yuka Saso-6676971207
T7A Lim Kim-5677467208
T7Alison Lee-5667171208
T9Angel Yin-4677666209
T9Lilia Vu-4717068209
T9Gemma Dryburgh-4707069209
T9Celine Borge-4677270209
T9Gaby Lopez-4696872209
T14Hyo Joo Kim-3717267210
T14Leona Maguire-3707367210
T14Anna Nordqvist-3727068210
T14Wei-Ling Hsu-3697368210
T14Linn Grant-3697170210
T14Patty Tavatanakit-3696774210
T20Min Lee-2747067211
T20Rose Zhang-2697171211
T20Paula Reto-2647572211
T23Johanna Gustavsson-1707567212
T23Miyu Yamashita-1707567212
T23Ashleigh Buhai-1727268212
T23Georgia Hall-1717368212
T23Ryann O'Toole-1707468212
T23Eun-Hee Ji-1677570212
T23Su Ji Kim-1677471212
T30Stephanie KyriacouPar747168213
T30Morgane MetrauxPar707568213
T30Hinako ShibunoPar727269213
T30Jodi Ewart ShadoffPar697569213
T30Megan KhangPar707370213
T30Lydia KoPar667671213
T30Jin Young KoPar707073213
T30Esther HenseleitPar677373213
T30Peiyun ChienPar687174213
T39Sarah Kemp+1737368214
T39Sarah Schmelzel+1727369214
T39Atthaya Thitikul+1697570214
T39Albane Valenzuela+1697471214
T39Jennifer Kupcho+1687571214
T39Sung Hyun Park+1727072214
T39Pernilla Lindberg+1687274214
T39Hae Ran Ryu+1677176214
T47Linnea Strom+2737270215
T47Karis Davidson+2737270215
T47Elizabeth Szokol+2737270215
T47Ayaka Furue+2697670215
T47Allisen Corpuz+2717371215
T47Minami Katsu+2746972215
T53In Gee Chun+3727272216
T53Min Ji Park+3697572216
T53Ariya Jutanugarn+3707373216
T53Wichanee Meechai+3667674216
T57Pauline Roussin+4737371217
T57Mi Hyang Lee+4707671217
T57Hye-Jin Choi+4727372217
T57Moriya Jutanugarn+4717472217
T57Yan Liu+4727273217
T57Aditi Ashok+4717274217
T63Jenny Shin+5727373218
T63Amy Yang+5727175218
T65Daniela Darquea+6707475219
T65Angela Stanford+6697575219
T67Jiyai Shin+8727475221
T67Cheyenne Knight+8717575221
T67Stephanie Meadow+8697676221
70Emma Talley+14737381227
CUTCharley Hull+57770
CUTSei Young Kim+57572
CUTNanna Koerstz Madsen+57572
CUTCeline Herbin+57374
CUTRuoning Yin+57374
CUTBailey Tardy+57275
CUTXiyu Lin+57176
CUTMadelene Sagstrom+57176
CUTAndrea Lee+56978
CUTHannah Green+56879
CUTAlly Ewing+56780
CUTYu Liu+67573
CUTSaki Baba (a)+67474
CUTJaravee Boonchant+67474
CUTYuna Nishimura+67375
CUTMarina Alex+67276
CUTNarin An+67276
CUTJeongeun Lee6+77871
CUTLauren Coughlin+77772
CUTJasmine Suwannapura+77673
CUTChiara Noja+77574
CUTAlice Hewson+77475
CUTMao Saigo+77277
CUTDani Holmqvist+77079
CUTPerrine Delacour+87872
CUTLucy Li+87575
CUTMaja Stark+87575
CUTChisato Iwai+87476
CUTMina Harigae+87377
CUTAmanda Doherty+87278
CUTMel Reid+87179
CUTMagdalena Simmermacher+97774
CUTTing-Hsuan Huang (a)+97675
CUTCarmen Alonso+97576
CUTPajaree Anannarukarn+97378
CUTKlara Davidson Spilkova+97378
CUTGrace Kim+97180
CUTChella Choi+96982
CUTAna Pelaez Trivino+107577
CUTEila Galitsky (a)+107379
CUTDanielle Kang+107379
CUTChiara Horder (a)+107280
CUTSoo Bin Joo+107280
CUTDiksha Dagar+107181
CUTCaroline Inglis+107082
CUTMatilda Castren+117479
CUTSo Yeon Ryu+117380
CUTMaddie Szeryk+117182
CUTFrida Kinhult+127777
CUTLindsey Weaver-Wright+127777
CUTLily May Humphreys+137877
CUTEmily Kristine Pedersen+137481
CUTManon De Roey+157978
CUTKaitlyn Schroeder (a)+157285
CUTInes Laklalech+157186
CUTSo Mi Lee+167583
CUTLauren Hartlage+178079
CUTRachel Kuehn (a)+197982
CUTMeghan MacLaren+208082
CUTValentina Rossi (a)+228183
DQCarlota Ciganda7472
Updated: July 30, 2023
Amundi Evian Championship 2023
Date: 27th July - 30th July, 2023
Location: Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France
Purse: $6,500,000