DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University alumna Celine Boutier claimed a one-stroke win at the Symetra Tour’s Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge Sunday to lock up a spot on the LPGA Tour for the 2018 season. Boutier, a 2016 Blue Devil graduate, turned in an 11-under, 273, to win her second Symetra Tour event of the 2017 campaign.
Boutier earned a check of $31,500 to move her to $96,748 earned in 17 starts. She jumped to second on the Volvik Race for the Card money list and has now earned the fifth most in a single-season in tour history.