Payne Stewart

The last communication received from the pilots was at 9:27 AM EDT and the plane made a right turn at 9:30 AM EDT that was probably the result of human input. Death

On October 25 1999 a month after the American team rallied to win the 1999 Ryder Cup in Brookline Massachusetts and four months after his U. PGA Tour playoff record (3–6)


European Tour wins (1)
1991 Heineken Dutch Open


Japan Golf Tour wins (1)
1985 Jun Classic (tie with Kazushige Kono and Masahiro Kuramoto)


Other wins (11)
this list is probably incomplete
1981 Indian Open Indonesia Open
1982 Magnolia State Classic
1982 Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Classic (Australia)
1987 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Isao Aoki)
1991 Skins Game
1992 Skins Game Hassan II Trophy
1993 Skins Game Hassan II Trophy
1996 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Fred Couples and Davis Love III)


Major championships


Wins (3)
1Defeated Simpson in an 18-hole playoff – Stewart 75 (+3) Simpson 77 (+5).

He graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas Texas where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. 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 only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42.