[9] 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[1] as she did not have the money to take a run at LPGA Qualifying School.

[10] 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[11] where she earned non-exempt status on the LPGA Tour by tying for 52nd at the 1998 Final Qualifying Tournament.

After finishing second behind Annika Sörenstam at the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia, Stupples carded the best 72-hole raw score in LPGA Tour history (258) to win her maiden title, the Welch's Fry Championship, by five strokes.

This win made her eligible to join the Ladies European Tour and begin earning points for the 2005 Solheim Cup.

[14] 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.

[22] Stupples is married to Bobby Inman, who served as her caddie, and she gave birth to a son on 21 April 2007.