Celine Boutier Rallies From Four Back to Win ShopRite, and Riviera Just Got More Interesting

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Celine Boutier just gave Riviera week a much better subplot.

The LPGA’s official May 31, 2026 tournament coverage says Boutier rallied from four shots back on Sunday to win the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern. The LPGA results page shows she finished at 12-under 204, one shot ahead of Arpichaya Yubol at 11-under 205, after closing with a 6-under 66 at Seaview’s Bay Course in Galloway, New Jersey.

That is the clean headline.

The more useful part is what it does to the week ahead: the U.S. Women’s Open at Riviera starts on Thursday, June 4, 2026, and one of the more accomplished players in the field just showed up with fresh evidence that her game is not wandering around lost.

This piece is based on official LPGA coverage and results checked on June 1, 2026. No pretending I was posted behind the 18th green with a credential and a dramatic notebook.

This Was Not a Sleepwalk Finish

Boutier was part of the crowded group sitting four behind Soo Bin Joo after Saturday. We covered that setup here.

That made Sunday feel like one of those “somebody from the pack has to go grab it” rounds.

Boutier did.

The scoring math matters because it shows how sharp the finish had to be:

• Boutier started the day at 6-under 138
• Yubol shot 66 to get to 11-under 205
• Boutier had to beat that number, not just tie it

She did exactly that.

For a player who already won this event in 2021, a second ShopRite title is nice on its own. Winning it by chasing, not protecting, is the part that travels better into a major week.

Yubol Did Plenty Right and Still Got Beat

One reason this result has some weight is that Arpichaya Yubol did not exactly hand it away.

LPGA’s separate Sunday recap said Yubol shot a 5-under 66 to climb five spots and finish alone in second at 11-under. That is usually enough to win a 54-hole event.

This time it was not, because Boutier found one more shot.

That is what makes the result more interesting than a simple leader collapse headline. Somebody actually went out and made a winning number.

Riviera Gets Another Real Contender Instead of Just Another Name

The obvious question now is whether this means Boutier becomes one of the more credible names entering Riviera.

Yes. Pretty clearly yes.

That does not mean she suddenly becomes the automatic favorite over the season’s biggest stars. It does mean she arrives with:

• a fresh win
• a final-round 66 under actual pressure
• a second title at a place where she had already won before
• cleaner momentum than a lot of players still searching for it on the range Tuesday

We already laid out how to watch the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open at Riviera and why the championship should already feel like a center-of-golf week. Boutier’s Sunday did not create that case, but it absolutely made the field more dangerous.

This Fits the Bigger LPGA Story Better Than a One-Off Fluke

The LPGA has had a pretty good habit this season of refusing to flatten into one predictable script.

That is part of why this result lands. It is not just “good player wins tournament.” It is another reminder that the top of the tour still has plenty of names capable of changing the feel of a major week quickly.

We have already argued that women’s golf growth is starting to look structural, not cosmetic, and that ShopRite has been one of the smarter player-support events on the schedule. A strong, relevant late-May winner heading into Riviera fits that same pattern.

It gives the major one more credible thread that did not have to be invented by a TV teaser.

Bottom Line

Celine Boutier closed with a 66 on Sunday, May 31, 2026, finished at 12-under 204, and beat Arpichaya Yubol by one shot to win the 2026 ShopRite LPGA.

That is a good win on its own.

Four days before Riviera, it is also a very useful reminder that the U.S. Women’s Open field just got one more serious contender with actual form instead of recycled reputation.