Marianne Skarpnord is a Norwegian professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.
Education
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. The year after, in 2006, Skarpnord finished 2nd in Rejmes Ladies Open on the Telia Tour.
Career
As a junior, Skarpnord was considered one of the biggest talents in Norwegian golf. In 2005, Skarpnord"s best finish was a second place in Skandia Professional Golf Association Open at the Swedish Telia Tour and her best finish at the Ladies European Tour was 22nd in OTP Bank Ladies Central European Open. 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.
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.
Skarpnord qualified for the 2010 LPGA Tour after finishing 2nd in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in Daytona.
Ladies European Tour (3) 2009 (2) Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, Carta Sì Ladies Italian Open ALPG Tour wins (1) Telia Tour (3) Results not in chronological order before 2015. 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.
Amateur Junior Solheim Cup: (representing Europe): 2003 (winners) Professional World Cup (representing Norway): 2007 The Queens (representing Europe): 2015.