Marianne Skarpnord

Marianne Skarpnord
— Golfer —

Skarpnord at the 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986
Sarpsborg, Norway
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality  Norway
Residence Borgenhaugen, Norway
Career
Turned professional 2005
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2005)
LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour 3
ALPG Tour 1
Other 3
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration CUT: 2010
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 2010
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2010
Women's British Open T36: 2013, 2015
Evian Championship CUT: 2013

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

Amateur career

As a junior, Skarpnord was considered one of the biggest talents in Norwegian golf. In 2003, she won the British Girls 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 2nd in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in Daytona.

Professional wins (7)

Ladies European Tour (3)

ALPG Tour wins (1)

Telia Tour (3)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ANA Inspiration DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Women's PGA Championship DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Women's British Open T64 T42 CUT DNP CUT T36 CUT T36
The Evian Championship ^ CUT DNP DNP

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Ladies European Tour career summary

Year No.
events 		Cuts
made 		Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish 		Earnings (€) Money
list rank 		Scoring
average
2005 14 4 0 0 0 0 T22 6,673.00 121 75.21
2006 7 4 0 0 0 0 T23 6,126.68 127 73.74
2007 3 1 0 0 0 0 T68 450.00 – 76.00
2008 21 18 0 1 0 7 2 125,753.11 16 72.28
2009 17 16 2 0 2 9 1 203,350.38 4 71.54
2010 8 5 0 2 0 3 2 70,280.68 33 73.38
2011 13 10 0 0 0 0 T23 25,577.89 78 72.28

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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