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 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. She had not joined the LET when joining the LPGA as she could not at the time afford the joining fee of £600. 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 or albatross at an LPGA major championship (began the final round with an eagle, albatross on the first two holes). She became only the third English player to win a major after
Laura Davies and
Alison Nicholas. and was the first home winner since
Penny Grice-Whittaker in 1991. and she attended a reception at
Buckingham Palace where she met
The Duke of York. In 2005, Stupples represented England at the 2005
Women's World Cup of Golf in
South Africa alongside
Laura Davies, was one of
Catrin Nilsmark's five wild card picks making her
Solheim Cup debut at Crooked Stick GC, in
Carmel, Indiana and was part of the International Team at the
Lexus Cup. At the
2014 Women's British Open, Stupples announced her retirement from professional golf. ==Broadcasting career==