Karen Stupples

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Karen Stupples (born 6 June 1973 in Dover, Kent) 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.

1 Amateur career
2 Professional career
3 Professional wins
- 3.1 LPGA Tour
4 LPGA Tour career summary
5 Solheim Cup Record
6 External links

[edit] Amateur career

Karen Stupples represented England Juniors from 1989-91 and England Seniors from 1995-98. She represented Great Britain in the Curtis Cup in 1996 and 1998. Like an increasing number of British golfers, Stupples took a golf scholarship at an American university, as there is no such thing in the UK, and student golf does not have a high profile there. She attended Florida State University winning two events and being named a Second-Team All-American in 1995. She turned professional following the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship of 1998.

[edit] Professional career

Having been offered 3 years worth of sponsorship whilst waiting tables at a public golf course in Kent, Stupples moved to the US and qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for 52nd at the 1998 Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 1999 season. In 1999 after a season in which her best finish was a tie for 8th, she returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she tied for 17th to earn exempt status for the 2000 season. Over the 2000 - 2003 period she achieved 7 top ten finishes but her form transformed in 2004.

In 2004, Stupples got her first career victory at the Welch’s/Fry’s Championship, where she recorded a career-low 63 during both the first and last rounds to set an LPGA record for lowest four-day raw score total at 258 (-22). She followed this up by winning the Women's British Open at Sunningdale where she became only the second player in history to record a double-eagle at an LPGA major championship (began the final round with an eagle, albatross on the first two holes). She crossed the $1 million mark in LPGA career earnings at the U.S. Women's Open and finished in sixth place on the money list.

In 2005 she was in a tie for the lead after three rounds of the U.S. Women's Open, but she fell away on the Sunday. Karen represented England at the 2005 Women's World Cup of Golf in South Africa alongside Laura Davies, and the pair finished T9. Karen was one of Catrin Nilsmark's five wild card picks and made her Solheim Cup debut at Crooked Stick GC, in Carmel, Indiana.

Stupples is a member of Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club in her native county of Kent.

[edit] Professional wins

[edit] LPGA Tour

2004: Welch's/Fry's Championship, Women's British Open

[edit] LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Majors	Other wins	LPGA wins	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Average
1999	0	0	0	34,826	130	73.16
2000	0	0	0	59,113	119	73.53
2001	0	0	0	91,027	89	72.66
2002	0	0	0	214,760	46	72.41
2003	0	0	0	325,774	35	71.68
2004	1	1	2	968,852	6	70.65
2005	0	0	0	304,385	41	72.44

[edit] Solheim Cup Record

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	4somes W-L-H	4balls W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
Career	32	20-9-3	4-2-1	10-2-1	6-5-1	21.5	67.19%
2005	2	0-2-0	0-1-0 lost to M. Mallon 3&1	align="center"	0-1-0 lost w/S. Gustafson 2&1	0	0%