PRETSWELL T6 IN HER DEBUT AS A PR0 IN NORWAY CHALLENGE

Marianne Skarpnord (left) and runner-up Daniel Holmqvist. Picture by courtesy of DogLegMedia.

 REPORT AND SCORES FROM BETHAN CUTLER
Media Manager, Ladies European Tour

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 on Friday.  

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 who played in the "British" at Carnoustie last week.

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 was the winner of the British girls open amateur title in 2003.

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. 

BREAK FROM GOLF

“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 10^th but picked up a stroke at the par-three 17^th.

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.

  SCOTSWATCH
 Pamela Pretswell ended her professional debut in a satisfactory joint sixth place behind home winner Marianne Skarpnord.

 The Hamilton 23-year-old shot 72-78-72 for a six-over-par total of 222 - 12 behind Skarpnord who won the British girls title in 2003 and collected 5,000 Euros for this victory.

Pretswell's performance enabled her to maintain second place in the Ladies European Tour Access Series Order of Merit table. If she finishes in the top three at the end of the season, she will be able to skip the LET Q School in Morocco, having gained automatically playing rights on the main tour for 2013.

Pamela Feggans from Patna, Ayrshire finished well with a 73 for joint 11th place on 224 after earlier rounds of 75 and 76

  Glasgow's Gemma Websiter shot 80-73-78 for 34th place on 231.

 

FINAL TOTALS

212 - Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 73 66 73
217 - Daniela Holmqvist (SWE) (am) 71 75 71
218 - Rachel Bell (ENG) 74 70 74
219 - Maria Ohlsson (SWE) 73 71 75
221 - Camilla Lennarth (SWE) 68 74 79
222 - Erika Holmen (SWE) 77 73 72, Emma Henrikson (SWE) 77 72 73, Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 72 78 72, Danielle Mcveigh (IRL) 73 72 77
223 - Monica Christiansen (DNK) 73 80 70
224 - Mariell Bruun (NOR) 80 73 71, Jessica Karlsson (SWE) 73 72 79, Kim Ulander (SWE) 78 74 72, Pamela Feggans (SCO) 75 76 73
225 - Emelie Lind (SWE) 74 74 77, Galina Rotmistrova (RUS) 74 77 74
226 - Anna Dahlberg Soderstrom (SWE) 79 70 77, Caroline Martens (NOR) 72 78 76, Malin Lundberg (SWE) 71 75 80, Isabella Ramsay (SWE) 75 74 77
227 - 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 76
228 - Helena Callahan (SWE) 79 71 78, Sohvi Harkonen (FIN) 79 71 78
229 - Antonella Cvitan (SWE) 75 77 77, Annette Lyche (NOR) 74 79 76, Mette Kryger (DNK) 75 75 79, Josefine Sundh (SWE) 76 75 78
230 - Melodie Bourdy (FRA) 74 79 77, Sofia Berglund (SWE) 76 77 77
231 - Gemma Webster (SCO) 80 73 78
232 - 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 80
235 - Rebecca Sorensen (SWE) 76 76 83
236 - Sara Wikstrom (SWE) 77 76 83

 

Bethan Cutler

Media Manager

Ladies European Tour

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