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Marianne Skarpnord delighted the home fans with a victory in the Ladies Norwegian Challenge at Hauger Golf Club in Oslo on the Ladies European Tour Access Series.
The 26-year-old from Sarpsborg in Norway started the final round three strokes clear of Swede Camilla Lennarth but a final round of 73 was good enough to end the three-round tournament five strokes ahead of Daniela Holmqvist, a Swedish amateur.
The victory was Skarpnord’s first on the Access Series but her third as a professional golfer after she won twice on the main Ladies European Tour in Switzerland and Italy in 2009.
She decided to play in the tournament to please her main sponsor, Nordea, as the tournament was also sanctioned by the Nordea Tour. She felt that she had made the right decision as the tournament was played in beautiful sunshine over all three days.
“I was very pleased because I didn’t play any golf coming into the tournament so I didn’t know how I was going to play,” said Skarpnord, who shot rounds of 73, 66 and 73. “I played okay but putted the best on the second day. In the final round I played really good the first five holes and putted well the last five holes but in between it was nothing to talk about.”
Skarpnord birdied the first and the fifth but double bogeyed the par-four sixth before dropping another shot at the ninth. She also bogeyed the 10th but picked up a stroke at the par-three 17th.
She finished on a four under par total of 212 and won €5000. Her next event will be the Ladies Irish Open supported by Failte Ireland at Killeen Castle from August 3-5 on the Ladies European Tour, while the next LETAS event is the Women’s Bank Open to be played on August 9-11 at Hillside Golf Club in Helsinki, Finland.
Ladies Norwegian Challenge
Hauger Golf Club, Oslo
4-6 July, 2012
Final Result:
212 – Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 73 66 73217 – Daniela Holmqvist (SWE) 71 75 71218 – Rachel Bell (ENG) 74 70 74219 – Maria Ohlsson (SWE) 73 71 75221 – Camilla Lennarth (SWE) 68 74 79222 – Erika Holmen (SWE) 77 73 72, Emma Henrikson (SWE) 77 72 73, Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 72 78 72, Danielle Mcveigh (IRL) 73 72 77223 – Monica Christiansen (DNK) 73 80 70224 – Mariell Bruun (NOR) 80 73 71, Jessica Karlsson (SWE) 73 72 79, Kim Ulander (SWE) 78 74 72, Pamela Feggans (SCO) 75 76 73225 – Emelie Lind (SWE) 74 74 77, Galina Rotmistrova (RUS) 74 77 74226 – Anna Dahlberg Soderstrom (SWE) 79 70 77, Caroline Martens (NOR) 72 78 76, Malin Lundberg (SWE) 71 75 80, Isabella Ramsay (SWE) 75 74 77227 – Linda Henriksson (FIN) 75 77 75, Nicoline Skaug (NOR) 74 78 75, Marita Engzelius (NOR) 76 73 78, Emelie Lindskog (SWE) 75 74 78, Cesilie Hagen (NOR) 72 79 76228 – Helena Callahan (SWE) 79 71 78, Sohvi Harkonen (FIN) 79 71 78229 – Antonella Cvitan (SWE) 75 77 77, Annette Lyche (NOR) 74 79 76, Mette Kryger (DNK) 75 75 79, Josefine Sundh (SWE) 76 75 78230 – Melodie Bourdy (FRA) 74 79 77, Sofia Berglund (SWE) 76 77 77231 – Gemma Webster (SCO) 80 73 78232 – Josefin Leijon (SWE) 75 75 82, Emeilie Ferlin (SWE) 79 72 81, Olivia Hullert (NOR) 73 80 79, Maria Ringdahl (SWE) 76 76 80, Maria Tonnessen (NOR) 74 78 80235 – Rebecca Sorensen (SWE) 76 76 83236 – Sara Wikstrom (SWE) 77 76 83
