Marianne Skarpnord won her fourth Ladies European Tour trophy on Sunday at Bonville and hopes to win a second straight Australian title at the ActewAGL Canberra Classic this weekend.

LET: Skarpnord feels confident in Canberra

Marianne Skarpnord during the Long Drive “Nation vs Nation Shootout” competition - © Tristan Jones / LET

The 33-year-old Norwegian made an eight and a half hour drive from Bonville Golf Resort to the Royal Canberra via Sydney with her best friend on the Tour, Camilla Lennarth, earlier in the week.

After taking a harbor boat tour, spotting surfers on Manley Beach and being forced by Lennarth to go shopping, Skarpnord was back in familiar territory on Tuesday, when she took part in a long-distance competition. drive “Nation vs nation Shootout”.

“I'm a little tired today, but ready to go and conquer other titles. The course is good and I can't wait to be there. "

“I have a little more confidence in myself. I won on Sunday, but this week we are all starting from scratch and we have to start over. It's obviously a great memory and it's always nice to win, but with each new tournament everyone starts from scratch and you have to fight as hard as I did last week. I feel like I have even more to give. »Underlined Marianne Skarpnord

At the top of the LET order of merit, is now eighth in the European Solheim Cup team's points standings, but says she hasn't thought about qualifying.

His next goals are the Olympic Games and the majors. “I thought a bit about the 2020 Olympics, but the most important thing would be to win the British Open, it would really be a dream come true. "

Skarpnord will start their first round of the ActewAGL Canberra Classic at 8am (local time) on Friday, along with Australians Rebecca Artis and Grace Kim.

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