Stuart Appleby

For other people of the same name, see Stewart Appleby (disambiguation).
Stuart Appleby

Appleby at 2005 PGA Championship
Personal information
Born 1 May 1971 (1971-05-01) (age 40)
Cohuna, Australia
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Orlando, Florida
Spouse Renay (m. 1995-1998)
Ashley (m. 2002)
Children Ella (b. 2005)
Mia (b. 2006)
Max (b. 2008)
Rex (b. 2010)
Career
Turned professional 1992
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia (joined 1993)
PGA Tour (joined 1996)
Professional wins 15
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 9
PGA Tour of Australasia 3
Nationwide Tour 2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T7: 2007
U.S. Open T10: 1998
The Open Championship T2: 2002
PGA Championship T4: 2000
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia's
Order of Merit		 1992, 1994
PGA Tour Comeback
Player of the Year		 2010

Stuart Appleby (born 1 May 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Early life

Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He began in golf by hitting balls from paddock to paddock after his farm chores were completed. As a youth, he played Australian Rules Football.[1]

Professional career

Early career

Appleby turned professional in 1992 and began his career on the PGA Tour of Australasia. In 1995 he won twice on the Nike Tour (now known as the Nationwide Tour), the second tier men's tour on in the U.S. He was the 8th player to win his first Nationwide Tour start. He qualified to compete on the PGA Tour the following year by finishing the season fifth on the money list.[1]

PGA Tour

Appleby has won nine times on the PGA Tour. He was a member of the International Team in the Presidents Cup four times, and featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2004.[2] His best performance in a major championship came in 2002, where he lost in a fourway play-off to Ernie Els at The Open Championship.[3]

In 2010, during the final round of the inaugural Greenbrier Classic, Appleby became the fifth player in history to shoot a 59 in an official PGA Tour event.[4] Appleby won the 2010 PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year award.[5]

Personal

Appleby's first wife, Renay, was killed in an automobile accident outside London Waterloo station in 1998,[6] shortly after he had missed the cut at The Open Championship. Appleby married his second wife, Ashley Saleet, in 2002. He lives with Ashley and his four children in Orlando, Florida. After the 1999 plane crash that killed his friend and next-door neighbor Payne Stewart, he has been one of the key father figures for Stewart's children Chelsea and Aaron.[7]

In his spare time, Appleby enjoys motor racing.[1]

Professional wins (15)

PGA Tour wins (9)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up
1 16 Mar 1997 Honda Classic -14 (68-68-67-71=274) 1 stroke Michael Bradley, Payne Stewart
2 7 Jun 1998 Kemper Open -10 (70-63-69-72=274) 1 stroke Scott Hoch
3 2 May 1999 Shell Houston Open -9 (70-68-70-71=279) 1 stroke John Cook, Hal Sutton
4 12 Oct 2003 Las Vegas Invitational -31 (62-68-63-66-69=328) Playoff Scott McCarron
5 11 Jan 2004 Mercedes Championships -22 (66-67-66-71=270) 1 stroke Vijay Singh
6 9 Jan 2005 Mercedes Championships -21 (74-64-66-67=271) 1 stroke Jonathan Kaye
7 8 Jan 2006 Mercedes Championships -8 (71-72-70-71=284) Playoff Vijay Singh
8 23 Apr 2006 Shell Houston Open -19 (66-67-69-67=269) 6 strokes Bob Estes
9 1 Aug 2010 Greenbrier Classic -22 (66-68-65-59=258) 1 stroke Jeff Overton

PGA Tour playoff record (2-1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2002 The Open Championship Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Thomas Levet Els beat Levet with par in sudden death,
after four-hole playoff
2 2003 Las Vegas Invitational Scott McCarron Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2006 Mercedes Championships Vijay Singh Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 20 Dec 1998 Coolum Classic -17 (68-67-67-69=271) 4 strokes Craig Spence
2 25 Nov 2001 Holden Australian Open -17 (69-70-67-65=271) 3 strokes Scott Laycock
3 14 Nov 2010 JBWere Masters -10 (71-69-69-65=274) 1 stroke Adam Bland

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up
1 19 Mar 1995 NIKE Monterrey Open -15 (68-70-67-68=273) Playoff 1 Rafael Alarcon
2 1 Oct 1995 NIKE Sonoma County Open -19 (69-69-65-66=269) 4 strokes Bobby Collins, Joe Durant
Jerry Kelly

1 Deafeated Alarcon with birdie on seventh extra hole. (This was the second longest playoff in tour history)[8]

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1997 1998 1999
The Masters T21 CUT CUT
U.S. Open T36 T10 CUT
The Open Championship T20 CUT CUT
PGA Championship T61 CUT CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Masters CUT T31 CUT CUT T22 T43 T19 T7 T14 T30
U.S. Open CUT CUT T37 CUT CUT CUT CUT T26 T36 CUT
The Open Championship T11 61 T2^ T15 T36 T41 CUT CUT T51 T65
PGA Championship T4 T16 T17 T23 T17 T15 T55 T12 T15 CUT
Tournament 2010 2011
The Masters DNP CUT
U.S. Open T29 DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP
PGA Championship T68 DNP

^Lost in a four man, four-hole playoff. He competed against Ernie Els (winner), Steve Elkington and Thomas Levet.

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Accenture Match Play Championship R64 R64 R16 R64 R64 R32 R32 R64 R64 R16
Cadillac Championship T30 T25 NT1 T11 T2 T16 T11 T6 T35 T34
Bridgestone Invitational T23 T20 T5 T42 T46 T9 T13 T71 T14 T2
Tournament 2009 2010 2011
Accenture Match Play Championship R64 DNP DNP
Cadillac Championship T61 DNP DNP
Bridgestone Invitational T51 T63 76
HSBC Champions DNP T69 T42

1Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Note: Appleby is the only golfer to compete in the first 32 WGC events.[9]

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "About Stuart". Stuart Appleby's official site. http://stuartappleby.net?page_id=2. Retrieved 6 September 2011. 
  2. ^ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking
  3. ^ "Golf Major Championships". http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=222. Retrieved 6 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Appleby ends 4-year drought with 59". ESPN. 1 August 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=5428776. Retrieved 13 December 2010. 
  5. ^ Appleby named 2010 Tour Comeback Player of the Year
  6. ^ Stuart Appleby devastated by wife's death
  7. ^ Merrill, Elizabeth (16 June 2009). "In his father's footsteps". Outside the Lines. ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/usopen09/news/story?id=4260509. Retrieved 16 June 2009. 
  8. ^ On This Date in Nationwide Tour History
  9. ^ Week 10 Approach Shots: CA Championship

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