MIZUHO AMERICAS OPEN

May 8, 2026

Celine Boutier

Mountain Ridge Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Joining us after the second round of the Mizuho Americas Open is Celine Boutier. Celine, a good 4-under today. Can you just talk a little bit about the course and how you were able to go lower today than yesterday?

CELINE BOUTIER: Yeah, I think the course is pretty challenging. I feel like because I was first off this morning I was able to take advantage of the first few holes that were less windy and then it started picking up in the middle of my front nine.

Yeah, I'm definitely glad to be done right now because it's picked up even more. And I feel like it's a course where you have to be really strong from the tee to green, so I think you have to be a very complete game to be able to score well.

Q. And then outside of this week it was announced that you will be joining WTGL. Talk about that and about if you're excited for the different sort of golf experience.

CELINE BOUTIER: Yeah, very looking forward to getting started with WTGL. I think it's going to be such a fun experience and definitely something that's not the usual golf that we're used to.

But I think it'll be fun regardless. Very looking forward to having a team format as well which is something we kind of miss a little bit out here.

Q. You're the first group to come in today. Can you describe the conditions out there for people that weren't out there?

CELINE BOUTIER: Yeah, it's challenging. It was quite chilly this morning when we got out on the course. And then the wind started picking up when I was halfway through the front nine and it's just been blowing quite hard the last hour or two.

I think that you have some really tricky pin positions because the greens are so slopey out there. So I think it's, yeah, definitely challenging. You have to be smart and you have to be on the right side of the hole because you can have some really tricky putts.

Q. During the practice days some of the other players were saying that this course played like a major course. Are you feeling that?

CELINE BOUTIER: Yeah, for sure. We were actually talking about it with my caddie couple days ago. I feel like the setup and the conditions are definitely major-like. I think the scores will also reflect that. It's going to be probably higher than normal scoring for a normal event.

So I think it's fun. I think it's definitely different than some other weeks that we're used to.

I kind of like when it's a little bit more challenging.

Q. And do you have a plan going into the weekend? Get warm maybe?

CELINE BOUTIER: Yeah, I'm definitely going to try to rest and maybe hit some balls, but I feel like you have to be really patient out there, so I'm just going to try to save as much energy as possible for the weekend.