The Cessna became a “ghost plane” after the pilot appeared to ... similarities to the plane crash that killed PGA golfer Payne Stewart in 1999. Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Stewart ...

Payne Stewart died in a tragic plane crash in 1999. On October 25, 1999, a Learjet 35A plane lost cabin pressure and flew aimlessly when the renowned PGA Tour player died in a South Dakota pasture.

When a golf fan thinks of Payne Stewart, it's likely that two events come immediately to mind, in some order. The first is his uplifting triumph, at age 42, in the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst.

A bronze statue of golfer Payne Stewart looms ... minutes into the flight after the plane lost cabin pressure. The loss of cabin pressure likely subjected Stewart and five others to hypoxia ...

It wouldn’t be the first time his career has mimicked Stewart, who died in a plane crash the same ... is trying to channel the ghost of boyhood idol Payne Stewart at 124th U.S. Open ...

It was Tracey Stewart, Payne’s wife. She delivered the harrowing news to Hicks that Payne’s plane, scheduled to fly from Orlando to Dallas that morning, had lost air pressure within the cabin.

A few months later, he died in a plane crash. By Michael Arkush The ... At the 1999 Open, Payne Stewart, 42, knocked in a 15-foot putt for par on the 72nd hole to outduel Phil Mickelson by a ...

Payne Stewart died in a plane crash at the age of 42. His life-size statue, named "One Moment in Time," was dedicated on November 7, 2001. On the 25th anniversary of Stewart’s victory at No. 2 ...