What’s In The Bag: Celine Boutier

Today’s Golfer reviews what’s in the bag of Celine Boutier, a Major Champion and prolific winner on both LPGA and European Tours.

Celine Boutier secured her spot in Europe’s 2023 Solheim Cup team after topping the European Tour Points list ahead of Swedish duo Maja Stark and Linn Grant.

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The Frenchwoman has 13 professional wins to her name, the most noteworthy being her 6-stroke demolition of the field in her home country to win the Evian Championship in 2023.

Celine Boutier wins the 2023 Evian Championship

Just a week later, Boutier backed up her first Major triumph, winning at the Scottish Open and subsequently rising to a career-high 3rd in the Women’s Golf World Rankings.

Boutier has competed previously for Team Europe in the 2019 and 2021 editions of the Solheim Cup with a record of five wins, one loss, and one half, from her seven matches.

Equipment specialists PXG have supported Boutier’s journey through the amateur ranks to the professional scene and therefore feature heavily in her setup today. Let’s take a look at what’s in the bag of Celine Boutier.

What driver does Celine Boutier use?

Celine Boutier uses a PXG 0311 GEN5 driver (9°) with a Graphite Design IZ-5 S shaft

Price: 299.00 / $289.99 RRP
Boutier opts for a PXG 0311 GEN5 to cut the course down to size.

PXG isn’t joking when they say GEN5 boasts a higher MOI, improved sound and feel, more shot shape fitting potential, and an unusually good performance on high and high toe mishits.

The carbon crown GEN5 didn’t rip up any trees against the very best (remember that differences narrow at lesser speeds), but we’d choose it for the solid sound and performance, the multiple shaft options, and for it being great value for money.

The 0311 has an astonishing cost per yard of £1.02 with its nearest competitor being the Cobra Aerojet LS with a cost per yard of £1.43. When considering a driver in 2023 this will play a massive part for many golfers making the GEN5 a superb option. After the test, it showed the 0311 was competing with most of the drivers in every area including distance and dispersion, at over £100 less than the second cheapest driver on the test it's certainly worth a hit.

Read our full PXG 0311 GEN5 driver review.

Pros

Cons

Lofts 7.5°, 9°, 10.5°
Stock shafts Aldila Rogue Elite Blue, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Blue, Project X EvenFlow Riptide CB, and Project X Cypher
Adjustable hosel Yes (+/- 1.5° of loft adjustment with three lie angle settings)
Celine Boutier uses a PXG 0311 Gen5 driver

What fairway wood does Celine Boutier use?

Celine Boutier uses a Ping G425 Max fairway wood (14.5°) with a Diamana PD 60 stiff shaft

Boutier disrupts the heavily influenced PXG theme to her bag with a Ping G425 Max fairway wood.

Ping says this model will be the most forgiving option for the majority of golfers and they it’s reckon 4.5 yards longer than the previous G410 fairway wood, thanks to the new Face Wrap and Spinsistency tech.

We spent lots of time trawling through our fairway wood test data to see if Ping’s ‘spinsistency’ face story really stacks up. In our test pro's preferred Mitsubishi Tensei Orange shaft, the G425 was fourth best at protecting spin difference between shots, but more importantly, it was also just 0.2% back from the lowest carry drop-off; exactly the sort of additional consistency Ping rave about.

Read our full Ping G425 fairway woods review.
Lofts 3 - 14.5°/ 5 - 17.5° / 7 - 20.5° / 9 - 23.5°
Stock shafts  Ping Alta CB or Ping Tour
Stock grip Arccos GP Lite 360 Tour Velvet
Adjustable hosel Yes (+/-1.5° loft adjustment and upto a 3° flat lie)

What hybrids does Celine Boutier use?

Celine Boutier uses PXG 0311 GEN5 (19°, 25°) and GEN6 (22°) hybrids with KBS Hybrid Prototype shafts

Price: 269.00 / $275.00 RRP
What PXG says about their hybrids: "You don’t have to change a thing about your swing to enjoy the benefits of PXG’s groundbreaking hybrid technology. These clubs are engineered to work in concert with your swing to deliver an optimal blend of accuracy, distance, and sound."
Lofts 3-19<meta charset
Stock shaft Project X Evenflow Riptide CB 80, Project X Cypher 50
Stock grip Lamkin PXG Z5
Adjustable Yes

What irons does Celine Boutier use?

Celine Boutier uses PXG 0311 T GEN4 irons (6-PW) with KBS PGI 80 Tapered shafts

Price: 119.00 / $149.00 RRP per club
Boutier chooses to game the slightly older 0311 GEN4 model irons in the T-design.

T stands for Tour. The T is designed to be a more forgiving blade-style club for lower-handicap players who like the look of a smaller iron head with less offset. Expect good workability compared to the more forgiving P and XP.

Read our full PXG 0311 GEN4 irons review.
Availability 3-GW
Stock shafts True Temper Elevate 95 or Tour (s) Mitsubishi MMT 70g or 80g (g)
7-iron loft 32°

What wedges does Celine Boutier use?

Celine Boutier uses PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II Milled wedges (50°, 54°, 58°) with Modus 105 W shafts

Price: £309.00 / $299.00 RRP
Boutier opts for a three-wedge set-up with 4° of loft between each.

PXG’s 0311 wedges come at a premium price point, but thanks to being 100% CNC Milled, they are the most accurate and precise wedges money can buy.

PXG might still be a young company, but its wedge-shaping has been second to none since day one. We love the straight leading edge and how the club sits at address. The classy satin finish is also as simple as they come.

You will need to accept full-face grooves across all lofts – that’s how PXG has set the family up – but if you can, you’ll get a wedge that was our 5th-highest spinning (9,438 rpm), and hit shots into an area 24% tighter than our test average.

What makes the Sugar Daddy II worth making such a sizeable investment, is the ability to go lighter, heavier, longer, or shorter without changing the center of gravity. No other brands of wedges can compete with that right now.

Read our full PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II wedge review.

Pros

Cons

Lofts: 50° / 52° / 54° / 56° / 58° / 60° / 62°
Grind options: BP-Grind, C-Grind
Finishes: Chrome, Xtreme Dark

What putter does Celine Boutier use?

Celine Boutier uses a Bettinardi Custom DASS Studio Stock 3 putter

Price: 429.00 / $449.99 RRP
What Bettinardi says about the SS3 DASS putter: "Sam Bettinardi designed another complete gamer with this Double Aged Stainless Steel SS3 and gave it a special Slant Neck that he gamed for fall golf.

Finished in a stunning Black PVD finish for the 11.23 release, and paired with a black chrome shaft, and limited poison multi-icon blackout leather Made in USA headcover. Precision milled to 368 grams, the SS3 gamer was given bullet slots for the gamer looking for the ultimate responsiveness, feel, and ideal feedback."

Pros

Cons

Weight 368g
Stock grip Bettinardi Lamkin SINKFit Standard or Jumbo
Loft

What golf ball does Celine Boutier use?

Celine Boutier uses a Titleist Pro V1x golf ball

Best tour standard premium ball
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Introduced on Tour last September, the 2023 Titleist Pro V1x – arguably the best golf ball in the game – had been in development since the end of 2021.

The urethane cover on the Pro V1x is created by mixing two components, with the liquid urethane cast into Titleist-manufactured cavities to form the appropriate dimple pattern into the cover. Titleist says the precise timing and temperature are integral to the consistency of golf’s No.1 ball.

The 348-dimple design was a huge change in the 2021 ball and, unsurprisingly, that remains on the new model to optimize aerodynamics. The casing works with the new core to reduce excess long-game spin while combining with the cover to create greenside spin.

Read our full Titleist Pro V1x golf balls review.

Pros

  • Consistently long
  • Exceptional spin rates on approach shots
  • High flight and soft landing
  • Tighter dispersion than the 2021 model
  • Played by a host of the world's best players

Cons

  • More than £4 per golf ball is a lot for most amateurs
  • Urethane cover marks quite easily
Construction 3-piece
Cover Cast urethane elastomer
Compression 87-90
Dimples 388
Feel Soft
Flight Mid
Long game spin Low
Short game spin High
Color options White, Yellow
  • High gradient core design
  • Speed amplifying high-flex casing layer
  • Cast thermoset urethane cover
  • Spherically tiled tetrahedral dimple design

What golf apparel does Celine Boutier wear?

Celine Boutier wears Lacoste golf apparel

Price: 125.00 / $155.00 RRP
Frenchwoman Boutier sports the iconic brand of her home nation - Lacoste, familiar worldwide thanks to the little green crocodile that adorns its products.

This featured ergonomic zip golf jacket is stretchable and breathable, with an athletic fit making it an ideal outer layer for those overcast days when you need more than just a polo.
Sizes 4-18
Material 89% Polyester, 11% Elastane
Colour Navy

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