Marianne Skarpnord

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Marianne Skarpnord
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Skarpnord at the 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 (age 38)
Sarpsborg, Norway
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Residence Borgenhaugen, Norway
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2005)
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour5
ALPG Tour3
Other5
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship CUT: 2010
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 2010
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2010, 2020
Women's British Open T36: 2013, 2015
Evian Championship CUT: 2013, 2019, 2022
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year
2019

Marianne Skarpnord (born 11 February 1986) is a Norwegian professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour.

Contents

Amateur career

As a junior, Skarpnord was considered one of the biggest talents in Norwegian golf. In 2003, she won the Girls Amateur Championship, defeating Beatriz Recari of Spain in the final match. She also won the Junior Solheim Cup with Europe the same year. Skarpnord made a 6 footer to secure the win for the European team. In 2004, she finished 3rd in the British Girls Championship. She finished 12th in the qualifying school for the Ladies European Tour and got her tour card for the 2005 season.

Professional career

In 2005, Skarpnord's best finish was a second place in Skandia PGA Open at the Swedish Telia Tour and her best finish at the Ladies European Tour was 22nd in OTP Bank Ladies Central European Open.

The year after, in 2006, Skarpnord finished 2nd in Rejmes Ladies Open on the Telia Tour. On the Ladies European Tour her best finish was 23rd in the Finnair Masters, and 28th in the SAS Masters.

In 2007, after two difficult years, Skarpnord decided to play a full season at the Telia Tour. She won 3 tournaments that year, and one additional 2nd and three 3rd-place finishes. She won the Order of Merit, and secured her card for the 2008 Ladies European Tour.

In 2008, Skarpnord played 21 tournaments on the Ladies European Tour. She made 18 cuts, and her best finish was a 2nd place in the Ladies Irish Open. She also played four tournaments on the Ladies African Tour early in the season, where she had 3 top 4 finishes and 1 top 10. On the Ladies African Tour order of merit she finished 5th total, and on the Ladies European Tour she finished 16th on the moneylist.

2009 was the year Skarpnord got her first win on the Ladies European Tour, defeating Melissa Reid of England by 1 stroke in the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open. Her second win came in the Carta Sì Ladies Italian Open, defeating Laura Davies in playoff.

Skarpnord qualified for the 2010 LPGA Tour after finishing second in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in Daytona, Florida.

Professional wins (12)

Ladies European Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
117 May 2009 Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open 69-71-66-70=276−161 stroke Flag of England.svg Mel Reid
217 Oct 2009 Carta Sì Ladies Italian Open 69-67-69=204−12Playoff Flag of England.svg Laura Davies
319 Apr 2013 South African Women's Open a 69−31 stroke Flag of Finland.svg Minea Blomqvist, Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Bregman,
Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai, Flag of England.svg Charley Hull,
Flag of Germany.svg Nina Holleder, Flag of the United States.svg Katie Burnett,
Flag of Sweden.svg Camilla Lennarth
424 Feb 2019 Australian Ladies Classic b 70-72-69-69=280−82 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Iturrioz, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hannah Green
510 Jul 2021 Aramco Team Series – London (individual event)73-65-68=206−13Playoff Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul

a Reduced to 18 holes due to weather. [1]
b Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour.

ALPG Tour wins (3)

Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (1)

LET Access Series wins (1)

Telia Tour wins (3)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Chevron Championship CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT
The Evian Championship ^CUTCUTNTCUT
Women's British Open T64T42CUTCUTT36CUTT36CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTCUTCUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" tied

Ladies European Tour career summary

YearNo.
events
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings (€)Money
list rank
Scoring
average
2005 1440000T226,673.0012175.21
2006 740000T236,126.6812773.74
2007 310000T68450.0076.00
2008 211801072125,753.111672.28
2009 171620291203,350.38471.54
2010 850203270,280.683373.38
2011 13100000T2325,577.897872.28
2012 19170101T2
2013 19180001T6
2014 17100001T8
2015 16140004T4
2016 1490001841,258.634472.79
2017 1290000T1232,157.404772.05
2018 13110001T943,023.922672.33
2019 18174,455.205
2020 1150,869.9520
2021 737,150.139

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. "Skarpnord wins South African Women's Open". Ladies European Tour. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2017.