Payne Stewart
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William Payne Stewart (1957 - 1999)

William Payne (Payne) Stewart
Born in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 42 in Mina, Edmunds, South Dakota, United Statesmap
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Biography

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William Payne "Payne" Stewart was born at Springfield, Missouri, on January 30th, 1957, the son of William Louis Stewart and Bernice Lucinda Payne.

Payne Stewart was a professional golfer, noted for being a colorful dresser, winner of eleven PGA Tour tournaments, including three major championships.

Payne's list of wins include:

1982 Miller High Life QCO
1983 Walt Disney World Golf Classic
1987 Hertz Bay Hill Classic
1989 MCI Heritage Golf Classic
1989 PGA Championship
1990 MCI Heritage Golf Classic
1990 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
1991 U.S. Open
1995 Shell Houston Open
1999 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
1999 U.S. Open

He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001.[1]

Payne Stewart died due to hypoxia, with all on board a Learjet, when it crashed, during a flight from Florida to Texas, at 12.13pm, on October 25th, 1999.[2] The other passengers were the two pilots, and Payne's agents. Robert Fraley and Van Ardan. The Learjet 35, operated by Sunjet Aviation left Orlando International Airport in Florida, at 919am, heading for Dallas, Texas, where Payne was scheduled to play in the PGA Championship, the final event for the year. Payne was buried at Doctor Phillips Cemetery, Orlando, Florida, and has a Cenotaph at his home town of Springfield.

Sources

  1. "Payne Stewart PGA TOUR Profile - News, Stats, And Videos". 2022. Pgatour. Tour Profile, Payne Stewart
  2. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKW9-DZXZ : accessed 18 October 2020), William Payne Stewart, Texas, United States, 26 Oct 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Dallas Morning News, The, born-digital text.

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