ShopRite LPGA Classic R3

LPGA Classic 2021 R3
October 01-03
Seaview, Bay Course, Galloway, New Jersey
$1,750,000
Round 1, Round 2

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Céline Boutier of France matched her career-low score of 63, staying bogey-free, to reach 14-under and win her second LPGA Tour title at the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer.

LPGA Classic 2021 R3

“It was such a surreal day. This morning, I knew the course was scorable and that I had to shoot a low score to even have a chance,” said Boutier. “Then after No. 18, I had left everything on the course. But a couple of groups were left out there.

“I was expecting to go into a playoff. It was already in my mind having to prepare for that. The fact that neither Jin Young nor Inbee birdied 18 really left me kind of stunned. I’m still a bit surprised about it.”

LPGA Classic 2021 R3

Rolex Rankings No. 2 Jin Young Ko (69), No. 3 Inbee Park (69) and a bogey-free Brooke Henderson (64) tied for second place at 13-under.

Boutier now matches Patricia Meunier-Lebouc and Anne-Marie Palli for most wins by a French golfer in LPGA Tour history. Palli had also won the ShopRite LPGA Classic, beating Laura Davies in a playoff in 1992.

LPGA Classic 2021 R3

“It’s really hard to describe and even realize what it means, but I fortunately know both Patricia and Anne-Marie, and they’re the nicest people,” said Boutier. “Patricia has won a major, so I feel like I’m not even at that level yet. There’s not that many French players out here on Tour, so it’s just always amazing and I’m super proud to represent my country every week.

“I know Anne-Marie quite well, actually. I got to know her my first year on Tour because she lives in Phoenix and we used to have the Founders [Cup] tournament there, so she would come out and watch. She was actually here this week playing in the Pro-Am, so I saw her Wednesday and Thursday. I really do love her energy and I’m sure she was watching, too. I hope she’s happy.”

LPGA Classic 2021 R3

Boutier, who won the Lacoste Ladies Open de France on the Ladies European Tour just two starts ago, talked about the impact winning the Solheim Cup in September had.

“I think it give me a lot of energy. My next tournament after the Solheim [Cup] was the French Open, which I won, too, so it kind of helped me for the French Open,” said Boutier, a three-time LET champion. “And then the French Open helped me get more confidence coming into these weeks on the LPGA. I just feel like I’m having some really good momentum and hope to keep going until the end of the season.”

Canadian Henderson matched her career-low round of 64 on the Bay Course at Seaview, a Dolce Hotel. She also tied the second-lowest score of the tournament with Maria Fassi, who went 7-under on Sunday to reach 12-under overall and secured a career-best result on the LPGA Tour of solo fifth.

“I said to [caddie and sister] Brit, ‘We finally played like us, and that feels really good.’ It was so fun to be back in contention,” said Henderson. “It was fun to be near the top and have a chance to make a couple birdies coming in.”

LPGA Classic 2021 R3

South Koreans Ko and Park had birdie chances at the 18th to force a playoff with Boutier but neither could capitalize.

“Céline played a great round. I really didn’t see them coming from that much behind, but I obviously did not have a great round. I mean, it was okay, but not good enough to win,” said Park. “Got off to a good start. Just couldn’t finish well. A little bit disappointing.

“I knew that I had to make a birdie [on No. 18] and gave it all I got. Just came up a little bit short.”

LPGA Classic 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Celine Boutier	-14	66-70-63	199
T2	Brooke M. Henderson	-13	66-70-64	200
T2	Jin Young Ko	-13	66-65-69	200
T2	Inbee Park	-13	66-65-69	200
5	Maria Fassi	-12	70-67-64	201
6	Patty Tavatanakit	-11	68-65-69	202
T7	Paula Reto	-10	66-72-65	203
T7	Jaye Marie Green	-10	68-69-66	203
T7	Su Oh	-10	70-65-68	203
T7	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-10	65-70-68	203
T7	Brittany Lincicome	-10	67-67-69	203
T12	Xiyu Lin	-9	69-70-65	204
T12	Anna Nordqvist	-9	69-69-66	204
T14	Min Lee	-8	69-69-67	205
T14	Caroline Masson	-8	67-71-67	205
T14	Sei Young Kim	-8	72-65-68	205
T14	Andrea Lee	-8	68-68-69	205
T14	So Yeon Ryu	-8	65-70-70	205
T19	Ariya Jutanugarn	-7	69-72-65	206
T19	Dana Finkelstein	-7	69-72-65	206
T19	Eun-Hee Ji	-7	70-70-66	206
T19	Marina Alex	-7	69-71-66	206
T19	Liz Nagel	-7	67-72-67	206
T19	Yuka Saso	-7	67-70-69	206
T19	Stacy Lewis	-7	70-66-70	206
T19	Marissa Steen	-7	68-68-70	206
T27	Mo Martin	-6	70-71-66	207
T27	Wichanee Meechai	-6	71-69-67	207
T27	Matilda Castren	-6	66-74-67	207
T27	Bianca Pagdanganan	-6	69-70-68	207
T27	Sarah Burnham	-6	73-65-69	207
T27	Sung Hyun Park	-6	72-66-69	207
T27	Madelene Sagstrom	-6	71-67-69	207
T34	Brittany Altomare	-5	75-65-68	208
T34	Katherine Kirk	-5	69-71-68	208
T34	Ashleigh Buhai	-5	67-73-68	208
T34	Danielle Kang	-5	71-68-69	208
T34	Ally Ewing	-5	70-69-69	208
T34	Gaby Lopez	-5	70-69-69	208
T34	Jennifer Song	-5	69-70-69	208
T34	Leona Maguire	-5	67-70-71	208
T34	Cheyenne Knight	-5	67-69-72	208
T34	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-5	66-68-74	208
T44	Dottie Ardina	-4	71-70-68	209
T44	Chella Choi	-4	69-72-68	209
T44	Sarah Kemp	-4	71-69-69	209
T44	Mirim Lee	-4	71-69-69	209
T44	Moriya Jutanugarn	-4	68-71-70	209
T44	Perrine Delacour	-4	67-68-74	209
T50	Alana Uriell	-3	72-69-69	210
T50	Luna Sobron Galmes	-3	70-71-69	210
T50	Haeji Kang	-3	69-72-69	210
T50	Jeongeun Lee	-3	72-68-70	210
T50	Lexi Thompson	-3	68-72-70	210
T50	Esther Lee	-3	68-71-71	210
T50	Annie Park	-3	71-67-72	210
T57	Charley Hull	-2	70-71-70	211
T57	Mina Harigae	-2	72-68-71	211
T57	Georgia Hall	-2	72-68-71	211
T57	Ryann O’Toole	-2	71-69-71	211
T57	Muni He	-2	67-72-72	211
T57	Tiffany Chan	-2	69-69-73	211
T57	Hannah Green	-2	69-69-73	211
T64	Ana Belac	-1	69-72-71	212
T64	Sakura Yokomine	-1	70-70-72	212
T64	Amy Olson	-1	66-74-72	212
T64	Na Yeon Choi	-1	69-70-73	212
T64	Lauren Stephenson	-1	67-71-74	212
T69	A Lim Kim	1	72-68-74	214
T69	Jackie Stoelting	1	72-67-75	214
T71	Pajaree Anannarukarn	2	69-72-74	215
T71	Celine Herbin	2	68-73-74	215
	Hyo Joo Kim	WD	69-70
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	74-68	142
	Gemma Dryburgh	CUT	73-69	142
	Azahara Munoz	CUT	72-70	142
	Benyapa Niphatsophon	CUT	72-70	142
	Amy Yang	CUT	72-70	142
	In Gee Chun	CUT	71-71	142
	Mi Hyang Lee	CUT	71-71	142
	Gerina Piller	CUT	71-71	142
	Pornanong Phatlum	CUT	70-72	142
	Sophia Popov	CUT	70-72	142
	Alena Sharp	CUT	70-72	142
	Pernilla Lindberg	CUT	69-73	142
	Nicole Broch Estrup	CUT	76-67	143
	Albane Valenzuela	CUT	76-67	143
	Sarah Schmelzel	CUT	74-69	143
	Louise Ridderstrom	CUT	71-72	143
	Lauren Coughlin	CUT	70-73	143
	Jennifer Kupcho	CUT	70-73	143
	Bronte Law	CUT	70-73	143
	Yu Liu	CUT	70-73	143
	Nasa Hataoka	CUT	69-74	143
	Stephanie Meadow	CUT	69-74	143
	Maria Fernanda Torres	CUT	69-74	143
	Lindsey Weaver	CUT	75-69	144
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	71-73	144
	Katherine Perry-Hamski	CUT	71-73	144
	Jenny Shin	CUT	71-73	144
	Dani Holmqvist	CUT	72-73	145
	Elizabeth Szokol	CUT	72-73	145
	Lindy Duncan	CUT	71-74	145
	Kristen Gillman	CUT	74-72	146
	Wei-Ling Hsu	CUT	74-72	146
	Aditi Ashok	CUT	73-73	146
	Daniela Darquea	CUT	70-76	146
	Megha Ganne (a)	CUT	70-76	146
	Haru Nomura	CUT	69-77	146
	Kristy McPherson	CUT	75-72	147
	Klara Spilkova	CUT	71-76	147
	Pavarisa Yoktuan	CUT	71-76	147
	Cydney Clanton	CUT	78-70	148
	Christina Kim	CUT	77-71	148
	Ssu-Chia Cheng	CUT	75-73	148
	Brynn Christine Walker	CUT	78-71	149
	Mariah Stackhouse	CUT	73-76	149
	Sydnee Michaels	CUT	72-77	149
	Jennifer Chang	CUT	71-78	149
	Caroline Inglis	CUT	76-74	150
	Min Seo Kwak	CUT	75-75	150
	Brittany Lang	CUT	75-75	150
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	73-77	150
	Mind Muangkhumsakul	CUT	73-77	150
	Anne van Dam	CUT	73-77	150
	Mel Reid	CUT	71-79	150
	Rachel Drummond	CUT	75-76	151
	Sarah Jane Smith	CUT	75-77	152
	Laura Davies	CUT	74-78	152
	Jing Yan	CUT	79-75	154
	Linnea Strom	CUT	77-77	154
	Angel Yin	CUT	80-78	158