What is Payne Stewart known for?”
Payne Stewart’s son carries on family legacy in golf Aaron Stewart wasn’t interested in golf until after his father died 10 years ago when his private jet lost air pressure. Aaron, now 20, is a redshirt freshman golfer at Southern Methodist University. At the time of his famous father’s unusually public death, Aaron Stewart was 10 years old, a fifth-grader. “I was in class and I got called into the principal’s office,” Payne Stewart’s only son recalls of that nightmarish moment nearly a decade ago. “I thought I was in trouble.” If only it had been so. Instead, he soon learned what millions of television viewers already knew: His father, one of golf’s most recognizable figures and winner of three major championships, was gone. It was Oct. 25, 1999, and Payne Stewart had left his home outside Orlando, Fla., to fly by private plane to Dallas. Known as much for his traditional knickers and tam-o’-shanter as his championship resume, the flamboyant Stewart, 42, had won the U.S. Open for the
William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42. Stewart was born in Springfield, Missouri, and attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He was always popular with fans, especially for his clothing, and was reputed to have the biggest wardrobe of all professional golfers. He was a favorite of photographers because of his tam o’shanter caps and patterned trousers, which were a cross between plus fours and knickerbockers, a throwback to the once-commonplace golfing “uniform”.
