News about Payne Stewart

Charlie, 15, will play at The Legacy Golf & Tennis Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Thursday with his tee-off time set at 8:18 a.m. ET. From the 84-player qualifying field, five will progress to final qualifying in June. Approximately 90 to 100 players will then advance to the 124th Open, which will be played at famed Pinehurst No. 2 for a fourth time in tournament history. The elder Woods has never won at Pinehurst, despite being a three-time U.S. Open champion.

In a Learjet accident in South Dakota in October 1999, professional golfer Payne Stewart and four others died. Stewart had been flying from Florida to a tournament in Texas. The plane crashed after the aircraft failed to pressurize, according to investigators. The plane was moved westwards and noticed frost had iced over the windows; the plane eventually ran out of fuel and crashed in fields in South Dakota, according to US Air Force jets.