Danielle Kang was the strongest, winning the LPGA Drive on Championship by just a small point over French Céline Boutier. The two young women composed with the English Jodi Ewart Shadoff the last part this Sunday in Toledo (Ohio) in difficult playing conditions. On the formidable Inverness Club, which will host the 2021 Solheim Cup, few have indeed been the scores under par. Four golfers thus returned a negative score. Including Danielle Kang, author of an ultimate 70 (-2) in this tournament of recovery after 166 days of interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic. Enough, however, to clinch his fourth title on the LPGA Tour at -7 (209).
A memorable Sunday saw a @daniellekangtop a tight leaderboard to claim her fourth Tour victory pic.twitter.com/xOoLdFbrIP
- LPGA (@LPGA) August 3, 2020Céline Boutier was tough, however, coming back to the level of the American four holes from the end but this last bogey on the 15th annihilated all her chances of securing a second success on the US circuit, settling for a last 71 (-1) and second place at -6 (210). Australian Minjee Lee completed the podium by taking third place at -4 (212).
Céline Boutier, already competitive after 166 days off
“I knew where I was with three more holes to go and I wanted to know what I was capable of in the home stretch,” Kang said. You have to respect the course until the end and that's what I tried to do, even on the small putts that I didn't take for granted. ” Boutier, however, had the opportunity to cause a playoff on the 18th hole, but the Ile-de-France failed to return her putt for the birdie. Despite the legitimate disappointment of failing so close to the goal, Boutier at least succeeded in her resumption of competition here, reaping the fruits of a preparation that she has been able to carry out in recent weeks, at her home in Dallas (Texas). In June, she won the Women's Texas Open (mini-tour) at The Colony, near Dallas, then another event organized in ... Paris (Texas). Perrine Delacour and Céline Herbin, the two other French women present in this recovery tournament, respectively take 16th and 64th places at +2 (218) and +8 (224).
