Marianne Skarpnord

Marianne Skarpnord
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)
Sporting nationality	Norway
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
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.

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.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	17 May 2009	Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open	69-71-66-70=276	−16	1 stroke	Mel Reid
2	17 Oct 2009	Carta Sì Ladies Italian Open	69-67-69=204	−12	Playoff	Laura Davies
3	19 Apr 2013	South African Women's Opena	69	−3	1 stroke	Minea Blomqvist, Stacy Bregman, Ashleigh Buhai, Charley Hull, Nina Holleder, Katie Burnett, Camilla Lennarth
4	24 Feb 2019	Australian Ladies Classicb	70-72-69-69=280	−8	2 strokes	Nuria Iturrioz, Hannah Green
5	10 Jul 2021	Aramco Team Series – London (individual event)	73-65-68=206	−13	Playoff	Atthaya Thitikul

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

ALPG Tour wins (3)

• 2015 (1) Oates Victorian Open
• 2019 (2) Ballarat Icons ALPG Pro Am, Australian Ladies Classic

Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (1)

• 2021 (1) Dimension Data Ladies Challenge

LET Access Series wins (1)

• 2012 (1) Ladies Norwegian Challenge

Telia Tour wins (3)

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

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
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.

  Did not play

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

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
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

Amateur

• European Girls' Team Championship (representing Norway): 2003, 2004
• 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

External links

• 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 Twitter