Karen Pearce

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| residence = Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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Karen Pearce (born 19 September 1968) is an Australian professional golfer who has played on the WPGA Tour of Australasia, Ladies European Tour, and the LPGA Tour.{{cite web |title=Karen Pearce |url=https://golfdata.se/sgfranking/Players_startpage?PlayerID=3547 |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=13 March 2023}}

Career

Pearce had success as an amateur golfer and won the 1984 Queensland Foursomes Championship with Faye Payne.{{cite web |title=Members of Note |url=https://bdlga.com.au/members-of-note |publisher=Brisbane and District Ladies Golf Association |access-date=13 March 2023}} In 1988, she won the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship, beating Tracie Hale 5 and 3 in the final.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116645504/the-sydney-morning-herald |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |title=Sandy Hollow golfer thrilled by call-up |first=Jim |last=Ramsay |date=23 July 1988 |page=63 |access-date=17 January 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Pearce turned professional in 1990 and later joined the Ladies European Tour. In 1998, she finished 4th at the McDonald's WPGA Championship at Gleneagles, and 8th at the Evian Masters. In 2000, she finished tied 3rd at the Waterford Crystal Ladies' Irish Open, six strokes behind winner Sophie Gustafson of Sweden.{{cite web |title=2000 Waterford Crystal Irish Open - Final Result |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/reports-page/?tourn=TM05&tclass=rnk&report=tmresult~season=2000~result=PF~ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=13 March 2023}} In 2002, she finished solo 6th at the Women's Australian Open.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Pearce played on the LPGA Tour between 1999 and 2004, where she made the cut at two different majors, the du Maurier Classic and the Women's PGA Championship. In 2000, she finished 12th at the Australian Ladies Masters, and in 2003 finished 14th at the State Farm Rail Classic. She also secured two titles on the LPGA Futures Tour, in 1997 and 2000. Over her LPGA Tour career, she started in 91 events and collected $226,945 in official prize money.{{cite web |title=Career Money |url=https://www.lpga.com/statistics/money/career-money |publisher=LPGA Tour |access-date=13 March 2023 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227060610/https://www.lpga.com/statistics/money/career-money |url-status=dead }}

Between 2000 and 2023, Pearce won five titles in pro-am events on the WPGA Tour of Australasia.{{cite web |title=Player Profile Karen Pearce |url=https://wpga.org.au/players/pearce-karen/ |publisher=WPGA Tour of Australasia |access-date=13 March 2023}}{{cite web |title=Pearce rolls back the clock in winning Moss Vale Women's Classic |url=https://wpga.org.au/news/2023/03/7/pearce-rolls-back-the-clock-in-winning-moss-vale-womens-classic/ |publisher=WPGA Tour of Australasia |access-date=13 March 2023}}

Pearce retired from full-time professional golf after the 2004 season, and later became a prominent player in Australian senior women's tennis.