Payne Stewart
| Payne Stewart | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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Stewart in 1998.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | William Payne Stewart |
| Born |
January 30, 1957 Springfield, Missouri |
| Died | October 25, 1999 (aged 42) near Aberdeen, South Dakota |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Spouse | Tracey Ferguson (m. 1981–99, his death) |
| Children | Chelsea, William Aaron |
| Career | |
| College | Southern Methodist University, 1979 |
| Turned professional | 1979 |
| Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour Asian Tour |
| Professional wins | 25 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 11 |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Other | 12 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 3) |
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| Masters Tournament | T8: 1986 |
| U.S. Open | Won: 1991, 1999 |
| The Open Championship | 2nd/T2: 1985, 1990 |
| PGA Championship | Won: 1989 |
| 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 eleven PGA Tour events, including three major championships in his career, the last of which occurred a few months before he died 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.
Stewart was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, and attended Greenwood Laboratory School, a K-12 school, on the campus of Missouri State University. He played collegiate golf at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and graduated in 1979.
Stewart failed to earn a PGA Tour card at Qualifying School in his graduation year, so he played on the Asian Tour for a couple of years, winning two tournaments in 1981. Later that year, he earned his PGA Tour card for 1982 and won his first title on the tour at that year's Quad Cities Open. This win was especially memorable to him because it was the only time his father, Bill, saw him win. Stewart's father had played in the 1955 U.S. Open, and had introduced his son to the game.
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