Payne Stewart

Payne Stewart
Stewart in August 1998
Personal information
Full name	William Payne Stewart
Born	(1957-01-30)January 30, 1957 Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Died	October 25, 1999(1999-10-25) (aged 42) over Mina, South Dakota, U.S.
Sporting nationality	United States
Spouse	Tracey Ferguson ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	2
Career
College	Southern Methodist University, 1979
Turned professional	1979
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins	24
Highest ranking	3 (June 10, 1990)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	11
European Tour	4
Japan Golf Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Other	10
Best results in major championships (wins: 3)
Masters Tournament	T8: 1986
PGA Championship	Won: 1989
U.S. Open	Won: 1991, 1999
The Open Championship	2nd/T2: 1985, 1990
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 2001 (member page) Byron Nelson Award 1989 Bob Jones Award 2014

William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won 11 PGA Tour events, including three major championships, the last of which came just a few months before his death in an airplane accident at the age of 42.

Stewart gained his first major title at the 1989 PGA Championship. He won the 1991 U.S. Open after a playoff against Scott Simpson. At the 1999 U.S. Open Stewart captured his third major title after holing a 15-foot (5 m) par putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory.

Stewart was a popular golfer with spectators, who responded enthusiastically to his distinctive clothing. He was reputed to have the biggest wardrobe of all professional golfers and was a favorite of photographers because of his flamboyant attire of ivy caps and patterned pants, which were a cross between plus fours and knickerbockers, a throwback to the once-commonplace golf "uniform". Stewart was also admired for having one of the most gracefully fluid and stylish golf swings of the modern era.^[2]