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Boutier Set to Open 2020 LPGA Campaign
1/15/2020 12:22:00 PM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C. – The 2020 LPGA campaign is set to open this week at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando for the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Office of America Jan. 16-19 in Orlando, Fla. Duke 2016 graduate Celine Boutier will be one of 26 LPGA Tour winners seeing action this week.
The field includes LPGA Tour winners from the 2018 and 2019 seasons at the Tranquilo Golf Course along with 49 amateurs and celebrities.
The professionals will feature 72 holes of stroke play with no cut and will use a modified stableford scoring format. The golfers will receive points for each of the following – Double-Eagle (10), Hole-in-One (8), Eagle (5), Birdie (3), Par (2), Bogey (1) and Double-Bogey (0).
Boutier, a native of France, is coming off a solid 2019 campaign in which she finished 27th on the LPGA money list with $760,430 earnings. She made the cut in all 13 tournaments she played to close the season, finishing T-25th or better in six of these appearances. Boutier also collected a 4-0 record in her first appearance in the Solheim Cup and to help propel Europe to a 14.5 to 13.5 victory in Gleneagles, Scotland.
The 26 LPGA Tour winners from 2018 and 2019 that will be competing include -- Marina Alex (2018 Cambia Portland Classic), Celine Boutier (2019 ISPS Handa Vic Open), In Gee Chun (2018 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship), Cydney Clanton (2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Georgia Hall (2018 Ricoh Women's British Open), Nasa Hataoka (2018 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, 2018 TOTO Japan Classic, 2019 Kia Classic), Brooke Henderson (2018 LOTTE Championship, 2018 CP Women's Open, 2019 LOTTE Championship, 2019 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give), Mi Jung Hur (2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, 2019 Indy Women in Tech Championship), Eun Hee Ji (2018 Kia Classic, 2019 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions), Ariya Jutanugarn (2018 Kingsmill Championship, 2018 U.S. Women's Open, 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open), Moriya Jutanugarn (2018 HUGEL-JTBC LA Open), Danielle Kang (2018 Buick LPGA Shanghai, 2019 Buick LPGA Shanghai), Sei Young Kim (2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, 2019 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, 2019 Marathon Classic, 2019 CME Group Tour Championship), Cheyenne Knight (2019 Volunteers of America Classic), Jessica Korda (2018 Honda LPGA Thailand), Nelly Korda (2018 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA, 2019 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, 2019 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA), Bronte Law (2019 Pure Silk Championship), Brittany Lincicome (2018 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic), Pernilla Lindberg (2018 ANA Inspiration), Gaby Lopez (2018 Blue Bay LPGA), Annie Park (2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic), Inbee Park (2018 Bank of Hope Founders Cup), Angela Stanford (2018 Evian Championship), Jasmine Suwannapura (2018 Marathon Classic, 2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Lexi Thompson (2018 CME Group Tour Championship, 2019 ShopRite LPGA Classic), Amy Yang (2019 Honda LPGA Thailand).
Fans will be able to follow the action live on the Golf Channel Jan. 16-17 from 12-3 p.m. On Saturday, from 2-3 p.m., the Golf Channel will air action followed by 3-5 p.m., on NBC. The final round will be televised from 2-3 p.m., on Golf Channel and then from 3-5 p.m., on NBC.
A larger LPGA field will see action the following week in Boca Raton, Fla., for the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio from Jan. 23-26. Duke will feature four former student-athletes on the course – Boutier, Yu Liu, Lindy Duncan and Leona Maguire.
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The field includes LPGA Tour winners from the 2018 and 2019 seasons at the Tranquilo Golf Course along with 49 amateurs and celebrities.
The professionals will feature 72 holes of stroke play with no cut and will use a modified stableford scoring format. The golfers will receive points for each of the following – Double-Eagle (10), Hole-in-One (8), Eagle (5), Birdie (3), Par (2), Bogey (1) and Double-Bogey (0).
Boutier, a native of France, is coming off a solid 2019 campaign in which she finished 27th on the LPGA money list with $760,430 earnings. She made the cut in all 13 tournaments she played to close the season, finishing T-25th or better in six of these appearances. Boutier also collected a 4-0 record in her first appearance in the Solheim Cup and to help propel Europe to a 14.5 to 13.5 victory in Gleneagles, Scotland.
The 26 LPGA Tour winners from 2018 and 2019 that will be competing include -- Marina Alex (2018 Cambia Portland Classic), Celine Boutier (2019 ISPS Handa Vic Open), In Gee Chun (2018 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship), Cydney Clanton (2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Georgia Hall (2018 Ricoh Women's British Open), Nasa Hataoka (2018 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, 2018 TOTO Japan Classic, 2019 Kia Classic), Brooke Henderson (2018 LOTTE Championship, 2018 CP Women's Open, 2019 LOTTE Championship, 2019 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give), Mi Jung Hur (2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, 2019 Indy Women in Tech Championship), Eun Hee Ji (2018 Kia Classic, 2019 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions), Ariya Jutanugarn (2018 Kingsmill Championship, 2018 U.S. Women's Open, 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open), Moriya Jutanugarn (2018 HUGEL-JTBC LA Open), Danielle Kang (2018 Buick LPGA Shanghai, 2019 Buick LPGA Shanghai), Sei Young Kim (2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, 2019 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, 2019 Marathon Classic, 2019 CME Group Tour Championship), Cheyenne Knight (2019 Volunteers of America Classic), Jessica Korda (2018 Honda LPGA Thailand), Nelly Korda (2018 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA, 2019 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, 2019 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA), Bronte Law (2019 Pure Silk Championship), Brittany Lincicome (2018 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic), Pernilla Lindberg (2018 ANA Inspiration), Gaby Lopez (2018 Blue Bay LPGA), Annie Park (2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic), Inbee Park (2018 Bank of Hope Founders Cup), Angela Stanford (2018 Evian Championship), Jasmine Suwannapura (2018 Marathon Classic, 2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Lexi Thompson (2018 CME Group Tour Championship, 2019 ShopRite LPGA Classic), Amy Yang (2019 Honda LPGA Thailand).
Fans will be able to follow the action live on the Golf Channel Jan. 16-17 from 12-3 p.m. On Saturday, from 2-3 p.m., the Golf Channel will air action followed by 3-5 p.m., on NBC. The final round will be televised from 2-3 p.m., on Golf Channel and then from 3-5 p.m., on NBC.
A larger LPGA field will see action the following week in Boca Raton, Fla., for the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio from Jan. 23-26. Duke will feature four former student-athletes on the course – Boutier, Yu Liu, Lindy Duncan and Leona Maguire.
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