LISA SCHEID | Business Trends ReporterThree top-ranked professional golfers will be showcasing logos of a Lancaster city boutique and two city restaurants when they step onto the greens of Lancaster Country Club for the U.S. Women's Open next week.
Collin and Annie Dawkins pose wiht Sunday’s Bloody Mary mixes and beignets inside Lancaster Beignet Co., 230 N. Prince St. in Lancaster city Thursday, April 20, 2023.
Lancaster Beignet Co., 230 N Prince St., will be featured on the body of the golf bag of No. 3-ranked Celine Boutier. Boutier, 30, is a French professional who graduated from Duke University. Lancaster Beignet Co. is co-operated by owners Collin and Annie Dawkins, who have been serving their family recipes, signature beignet sandwiches and coffee drinks since October 2022. They also run a Bloody Mary mix business.
Brittnie Jones, of Savoy Truffle, makes red velvet cupcakes in the kitchen at Southern Market Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.
Sandwich and bake shop Savoy Truffle, 398 Harrisburg Ave. #250, will be featured on Lexi Thompson’s golf bag. Thompson, 29, who is also a skincare entrepreneur, is ranked 44th. Savoy Truffle owner Brittnie Jones started her business as a stand in Southern Market and grew to its current location in 2022.
As shoppers enter her shop in downtown Lancaster, Nicole Vasquez, the owner of Nicole Taylor Boutique, speaks about Small Business Saturday on Nov. 24, 2018.
The logo of high-end fashion retailer Nicole Taylor Boutique, 325 N Queen St., will be on the driver head cover of Gabi Ruffels, 24. Ruffels, an Australian American former tennis player, is ranked 59th. Specially designed U.S. Women’s Golf Open Friendship bracelets featuring Nicole Taylor boutique will be available for free to the public next week at the shop.
The businesses were paired with golfers as part of the American Express U.S. Women’s Open Player Small Business Spotlight. It’s the third year for the program, which American Express operated at the last two U.S. Women’s Opens in Southern Pines, North Carolina, in 2022 and Pebble Beach, California, in 2023.
Having logos on the athletes’ gear means more people can learn about her business through television and social media exposure, said Nicole Vazquez Taylor, who has operated the city boutique for 13 years and was a sponsor of the Open in 2015. Last year’s U.S. Women’s Open had 2.2 million television viewers. Taylor said she was thrilled to be selected.
“I was really shocked. That was a no-brainer: I couldn’t say no,” she said. “It is like an opportunity of a lifetime.”
JOHN WALK | Features Writer
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