Payne Stewart
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| Personnel | |
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 United States
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| Career data | |
| Professional since: | 1979 |
| Tournament wins: | 15th |
| Major wins : | 3 (1989, 1991, 1999) |
| Awards: | World Golf Hall of Fame (2001) |
William Payne Stewart (born January 30, 1957 in Springfield , Missouri , † October 25, 1999 ) was an American golfer on the PGA Tour . He was able to win a total of eleven PGA tournaments, his greatest successes being three major titles ( PGA Championship 1989, US Open 1991 and 1999). In the Ryder Cup , he represented from 1987 to 1999 a total of five times the United States to Europe and was able to celebrate three victories with his team. At the height of his career, he was killed in a plane crash in 1999 .
Life / career
Stewart grew up in a family passionate about golf in Springfield, Missouri, and was trained by his father when he was four. After a golf scholarship at Southern Methodist University , where he completed a business degree, and winning several college tournaments (including the Southwest Conference Championship), he decided to start a professional career in 1979. Since he could not qualify for the tour in the USA at first, he first played tournaments in Asia and Europe, where he was also able to celebrate a victory. For a long time, Stewart had his sporting breakthrough in 1989 when he won the PGA Championship in Kemper Lakes near Chicago .
Over the course of his career, Stewart won eleven PGA Tour tournaments . His greatest successes include winning the PGA Championship in 1989, winning the US Open in 1991 and 1999. He was also a two-time winner of the Hassan II Trophy in Morocco . He represented the United States in five Ryder Cup and three World Cup teams. His trademark were the knickerbockers , which he mostly wore, often in the club colors of a sports club located at the venue of the tournament.
death
On October 25, 1999, at the age of 42, Payne Stewart was killed in a plane crash with a Learjet 35 in South Dakota after, as later investigations suggested, a deactivated (or possibly defective) flow valve on board had suddenly occurred Pressure loss had come. The exact cause for this could not be determined. As it turned out during a flight reconstruction, the checklist for such situations was structured unfavorably. It was necessary to put on the oxygen masks at a point where the pilots must have been unable to act due to hypoxia that had already occurred . As a result, the manufacturer of the Learjets was obliged to revise the emergency checklist ; it should be worded more clearly and putting on the oxygen masks should be mentioned first. US Air Force fighter jets accompanied the Learjet. The plane emptied its fuel tank without a driver and finally crashed. Stewart and his companions were long dead by this point.
In the Canadian television series Mayday - alarm in the cockpit of the accident in the first episode of the 16th season as was Deadly Silence (German title: Deadly Silence ) adjusted.
family
Stewart had been married to the Australian flight attendant Tracey Ferguson since 1984 , whom he met in Asia while on the Asian Tour . The relationship resulted in a daughter (* 1985) and a son (* 1989). The family lived in Orlando , Florida . The multiple golf millionaire got involved in the charitable sector. His son Aaron is now regarded as a talented amateur golfer and appeared in a film ( "Healing through Golf" ) about his father.
Payne Stewart Award
In memory of the athletic and human exemplary golfer, the PGA of America has been presenting the Payne Stewart Award since 2000 to players who have made a special contribution to the sport.
Results at major tournaments
| Tournament | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
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| The Masters | DNP | DNP | T32 | T21 | T25 | T8 | T42 | T25 | T24 | T36 | DNP | CUT | T9 | CUT | T41 |
| US Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | T5 | T6 | CUT | T10 | T13 | CUT | 1 | T51 | 2 | CUT | T21 |
| The Open Championship | T58 | DNP | DNP | CUT | 2 | T35 | T4 | T7 | T8 | T2 | T32 | T34 | 12 | CUT | T11 |
| PGA Championship | DNP | CUT | CUT | CUT | T12 | T5 | T24 | T9 | 1 | T8 | T13 | T69 | T44 | T66 | T13 |
| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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| The Masters | CUT | DNP | DNP | T52 |
| US Open | T27 | T28 | 2 | 1 |
| The Open Championship | T45 | 59 | T44 | T30 |
| PGA Championship | T69 | T29 | CUT | T57 |
DNP = Did not play / not started
CUT = missed the half way cut / Cut missed
"T" indicates a tie for a place / split rank
Green background for victories; Yellow for top 10 placement
Team competitions
- Ryder Cup : 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1999
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b cf. Payne Stewart . In: Internationales Sportarchiv 25/2000 from June 12, 2000 (accessed on October 24, 2009 via Munzinger Online )
- ↑ Mourning work on the green
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stewart, Payne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stewart, William Payne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1999 |
| Place of death | near Aberdeen , South Dakota |