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Karen Stupples (born 6 June 1973 in Dover, Kent)
is an England|English professional golfer who
plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is
also a member of the Ladies European Tour.

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. She
represented Great Britain in the Curtis Cup in
1996 and 1998 and turned professional following
the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship of that
year. She then qualified for the LPGA Tour by
tying for 52nd at the 1998 Final Qualifying
Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 1999
season. Her professional career begin in modest
fashion, with just a few top ten finishes by the
end of 2003, but her form transformed in 2004. She
won the Women's British Open, which is one of the
women's majors|LPGA majors, had a string of top
ten finishes and ended the season in sixth place
on the money list, which was her fifth consecutive
improvement in her position. In 2005 she was in a
tie for the lead after three rounds of the U.S.
Women's Open (golf)|U.S. Women's Open, but she
fell away on the Sunday.

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

==External links==
*http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=559
Profile on the LPGA Tour site

*http://www.ladieseuropeantour-tic.com/profiles/10
0155.htm Profile on the Ladies European Tour site
*http://www.golfstarsonline.com/S/Karen_Stupples/
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