Madelene Stavnar (born 9 December 2000) is a Norwegian

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playing on the

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(LET). She qualified for the 2017 LET season at only 16 years of age. In 2022, she was on the winning team at the Aramco Team Series – London. She was runner-up at the 2023 VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open.

Amateur career

In 2016, Stavnar reached the quarter finals of the

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at Royal St David's and finished 6th at the French Ladies Amateur, the Internationaux de France - Trophée Cécile de Rothschild. She appeared for the Norwegian national team at the

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and World Junior Girls Championship in Canada.

Professional career

Stavnar joined the Ladies European Tour in 2017 after finishing 9th at Q School in December 2016, when she was only 16 years old. In her rookie season, she traveled with a guardian and in eight starts her best finish was tie for 19th at the

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in China. She struggled to establish herself and returned to Q School several times over the next five seasons, also participating in tournaments on the

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and Swedish Golf Tour. In 2022, she tied for 7th at the

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and was on the winning team at the Aramco Team Series – London. Teamed with

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and Kelly Whaley, they shot 27-under-par and beat a team made up of

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, Julia Engström and María Hernández in a playoff. In 2023, she was in contention for a maiden LET win at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, taking a two-shot lead ahead of Anne-Charlotte Mora and

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into the final round, ultimately finishing runner-up.

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Norway): 2016 * World Junior Girls Championship (representing Norway): 2016

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stavnar, Madelene Norwegian female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Tønsberg 2000 births Living people