Celine Boutier was over the moon about her opening round at the Paris Olympics and rightly so. The Frenchwoman opened up a three-shot lead on home soil. From being serenaded on the first tee to being celebrated up the watery 18th, the fans backed their hero from start to finish in her opening 7-under 65 at Le Golf National.
There were times, she said, when it all felt like it was a bit much.
“It’s such a tough course that you have to focus on your game,” said the stoic Boutier. “You can’t just look around and, you know, laugh with the crowd. So it’s definitely nice to have some support, but you definitely have to focus out there.”
The headline of the day was Boutier’s magical start, but there was plenty more to note from Day 1 at the Olympics: