Julie Larsen Piers (born September 16, 1962) is an American

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who played on the

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...

. She played under both her maiden name, Julie Larsen, and her married name, Julie Piers (since 1995). Larsen played on the

Futures Tour The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...

and

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before joining the LPGA Tour in 1992. She won once on the LPGA Tour in 1995. The best finish for Piers in major championship came at the

1996 LPGA Championship The 1996 LPGA Championship was the 42nd LPGA Championship, played May 9–12 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. Laura Davies won the second of her two LPGA Championship titles at even par, one stroke ahead of runner-up Julie Piers. ...

. A sudden death playoff between Piers and

Laura Davies Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA ...

was narrowly averted when Davies sank an eight-foot par putt on the last hole of the tournament.Davies survives nasty conditions
/ref> Piers finished in solo second place.

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (1)

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