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Jan 30, 1957 Springfield, Missouri, United States Died on 25 Oct 1999 (aged 42)
American professional golfer
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About Payne Stewart
- 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.
