Karen Stupples
| Karen Stupples | |
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Stupples at the 2009 Women's British Open
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Karen Louise Stupples |
| Born |
24 June 1973 Dover, Kent, England |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Nationality |
 England
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| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College |
Arkansas State University Florida State University |
| Turned professional | 1998 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| Former tour(s) |
LPGA Tour (joined 1999) Ladies European Tour (joined 2004) |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 2 |
| Ladies European Tour | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) |
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| ANA Inspiration | T5: 2010 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T9: 2002 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T10: 2005 |
| du Maurier Classic | DNP |
| Women's British Open | Won: 2004 |
| Evian Championship | DNP |
Karen Louise Stupples (born 24 June 1973) is an English professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
Stupples was born in Dover, Kent. She started her golfing career as a caddie for her father at Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich to earn pocket money. She played for England Juniors from 1989–1991 and England Seniors from 1995-1998. She also represented Great Britain & Ireland on the Curtis Cup winning team in 1996 at home in Killarney, Ireland and losing 1998 team away in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Stupples was going to study polymer science in the UK before deciding to go to university in the United States. With the assistance of College Prospects of America, she took a golf scholarship at Arkansas State University before transferring to Florida State University in 1993. As a Seminole, she won two events (Spring 1994 Spalding/Peggy Kirk Bell and Spring 1995 Lady Gator), was selected as All-Atlantic Coast Conference in 1994 and 1995, and was also named a 1995 Second-Team All-American.
Stupples turned professional following the 1998 U.S. Women's Amateur.
Despite being a professional, Stupples returned home to England becoming a cloakroom attendant for the Port of Dover and waitressing at a public golf course in Kent as she did not have the money to take a run at LPGA Qualifying School. When a regular restaurant customer offered to sponsor her for three years, she and her husband sold their house, furniture and car and moved to the United States where she earned non-exempt status on the LPGA Tour by tying for 52nd at the 1998 Final Qualifying Tournament.
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