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.
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