Marianne Skarpnord
Marianne Skarpnord | |||
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![]() Skarpnord at the 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open | |||
Personal information | |||
Born | Sarpsborg, Norway | 11 February 1986||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Borgenhaugen, Norway | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 2005 | ||
Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2005) | ||
Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour | ||
Professional wins | 12 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
Ladies European Tour | 5 | ||
ALPG Tour | 3 | ||
Other | 5 | ||
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 | |||
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Marianne Skarpnord (born 11 February 1986) is a Norwegian professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
[edit]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
[edit]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)
[edit]Ladies European Tour wins (5)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 17 May 2009 | Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open | 69-71-66-70=276 | −16 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
2 | 17 Oct 2009 | Carta Sì Ladies Italian Open | 69-67-69=204 | −12 | Playoff | ![]() |
3 | 19 Apr 2013 | South African Women's Opena | 69 | −3 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 | 24 Feb 2019 | Australian Ladies Classicb | 70-72-69-69=280 | −8 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
5 | 10 Jul 2021 | Aramco Team Series – London (individual event) | 73-65-68=206 | −13 | Playoff | ![]() |
a Reduced to 18 holes due to weather.[1]
b Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour.
ALPG Tour wins (3)
[edit]- 2015 (1) Oates Victorian Open
- 2019 (2) Ballarat Icons ALPG Pro Am, Australian Ladies Classic
Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (1)
[edit]- 2021 (1) Dimension Data Ladies Challenge
LET Access Series wins (1)
[edit]Telia Tour wins (3)
[edit]- 2007 (3) Felix Finnish Ladies Open, Smådalarö Gård Open, Ekerum Ladies Masters
Results in LPGA majors
[edit]Results not in chronological order before 2019.
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Chevron Championship | CUT | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | |||||||||||||
Women's PGA Championship | CUT | ||||||||||||||
The Evian Championship ^ | CUT | CUT | NT | CUT | |||||||||||
Women's British Open | T64 | T42 | CUT | CUT | T36 | CUT | T36 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" tied
Ladies European Tour career summary
[edit]Year | No. events |
Cuts made |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Earnings (€) | Money list rank |
Scoring average |
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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 |
2012 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | T2 | |||
2013 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T6 | |||
2014 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T8 | |||
2015 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | T4 | |||
2016 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 41,258.63 | 44 | 72.79 |
2017 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 32,157.40 | 47 | 72.05 |
2018 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T9 | 43,023.92 | 26 | 72.33 |
2019 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 174,455.20 | 5 | – |
2020 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50,869.95 | 20 | – |
2021 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37,150.13 | 9 | – |
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Norway): 2003, 2004[2]
- Junior Solheim Cup: (representing Europe): 2003 (winners)
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Norway): 2002, 2004
Professional
- World Cup (representing Norway): 2007
- The Queens (representing Europe): 2015
- European Championships (representing Norway): 2018
References
[edit]- ^ "Skarpnord wins South African Women's Open". Ladies European Tour. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website
- Marianne Skarpnord at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Marianne Skarpnord at the WPGA Tour Australasia official site
- Marianne Skarpnord at the ALPG Tour official site (archived)
- Marianne Skarpnord at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Marianne Skarpnord at Olympedia
- Marianne Skarpnord at Olympics.com
- Marianne Skarpnord on X