![]() “When I was playing poorly, I was worried about the score and the money and everything else,” Stupples said. Last season on the LPGA Tour, she made seven cuts in 18 starts and her season best was a tie for 38th. Stupples won a Ladies European Tour event in 2009 in Wales and helped Europe win the 2011 Solheim Cup, but struggled to contend the last few years. “She wanted to make the commitment to put in the work to learn the ropes in televised golf and is doing a very good job at that.” “What appealed to me is that she is a major champion and also has been playing a full schedule on the LPGA Tour,” said Jack Graham, Golf Channel vice president of live tournaments. In the Women’s British Open at Sunningdale that summer, she began the final round eagle-double eagle en route to a 64 and a five-stroke victory. In the 2004 opener in Tucson, Ariz., she shot 63 in the first and fourth rounds and broke the tour’s 72-hole record with a 258 total. She did put some memorable numbers on scorecards 10 years ago when she won her two LPGA Tour titles. It’s not about putting the score on the scorecard, but it turned into that.” A couple of years ago it was a real struggle for me to want to play golf or remembering why I loved it in the first place. “I still love the game of golf,” Stupples said. Her enthusiasm for the game recharged by her new broadcasting job, she’s making her first tour start since late August. It won’t be weird this week in Hawaii when the 40-year-old Englishwoman returns to play in the LPGA LOTTE Championship. ![]()
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