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Payne Stewart ( January 30, 1957 - October 25, 1999) was an American golfer. Born in Springfield, Missouri, he attended Southern Methodist University; a year later he joined the PGA TOUR. He won eleven Tour events, including the 1989 PGA Championship, and the US Open in 1991 and 1999. He was a two-time winner of the Hassan II Trophy in Morocco. He represented the United States on five Ryder CupThe Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event officially called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. The Ryder Cup was first competed for in 1927, with the US competing against Great Britain. After nearly 40 teams and three World Cup teams.
He was always popular with fans, especially for his stylish clothing, and was reputed to have the biggest wardrobe of all professional golfers. He was a continual target for photographers especially because of his rakish tam o'shanter caps and elegant patterned trousers which were a combination of plus fours and knickerbockers.
A month after his United States team rallied to win the Ryder CupThe Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event officially called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. The Ryder Cup was first competed for in 1927, with the US competing against Great Britain. After nearly 40 in Brookline, MassachusettsBrookline is a census-designated place and town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It borders Newton (part of Middlesex County) on the southwest and Boston (part of Suffolk County) in all other directions, so it is not actually contiguous with any other pa, Stewart lost his life during a airplane flight from Orlando to TexasTexas joined the United States of America as its 28th member state in 1845. It has the postal abbreviation TX . The state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, tejas meaning friends or allies Spanish explorers mistakenly applied t. Investigators believe that the plane suffered a sudden loss of cabin pressure early in the flight, killing all on board. The plane, on autopilot, continued flying until it ran out of fuel and crashed from a great height in South Dakota.
Among the five other people aboard the plane was Bruce Borland , a highly regarded golf architect with the Jack Nicklaus golf course design company.
Stewart, Payne
Stewart, Payne
Stewart, Payne
