Marianne Skarpnord

Marianne Skarpnord
Skarpnord at the 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open
Personal information
Born	11 February 1986 (1986-02-11) (age 25) 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	5
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour	2
Other	3
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	CUT: 2010
LPGA Championship	CUT: 2010
U.S. Women's Open	CUT: 2010
Women's British Open	T42: 2009

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

Amateur career

Marianne was as a junior seen as one of the biggest talents in Norwegian golf. In 2003, Marianne 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. Marianne made a 6 footer to secure the win for the European team. In 2004, Marianne 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, Marianne's best finishes 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, Marianne 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, Marianne 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, Marianne 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 torunaments 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 Marianne 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.

Marianne qualified for the 2010 LPGA Tour after finishing 2nd in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in Daytona.

Professional wins (5)

Ladies European Tour (2)

• 2009 (2) Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, Carta Sì Ladies Italian Open

Telia Tour (3)

• 2007 (3) Felix Finnish Ladies Open, Smådalarö Gård Open, Ekerum Ladies Masters

Results in major championships

Tournament	2008	2009	2010
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	DNP	CUT
Women's British Open	T64	T42	CUT

DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" tied
Green background for wins. 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	-	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

External links

• Official website
• Marianne Skarpnord at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Marianne Skarpnord at the LPGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Skarpnord, Marianne
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	11 February 1986
Place of birth	Sarpsborg, Norway
Date of death
Place of death