Stuart Appleby

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

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

Stuart Appleby
Personal information
Born (1971-05-01) 1 May 1971
Cohuna, Victoria, Australia
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality Australia
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
SpouseAshley Saleet (m. 2002)
Renay (White) Appleby[1]
(m. 1995–98; her death)
Children4
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
(joined 1993)
PGA Tour
(past champion status; joined 1996)
Professional wins20
Highest ranking8 (21 March 2004)[2]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour9
PGA Tour of Australasia3
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT7: 2007
PGA ChampionshipT4: 2000
U.S. OpenT10: 1998
The Open ChampionshipT2: 2002
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Comeback
Player of the Year		2010

Early life

Appleby was born in Cohuna, 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.[3]

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 Web.com Tour), the second tier men's tour in the U.S. He was the eighth player to win his first Web.com Tour start. He qualified to compete on the PGA Tour the following year by finishing the season fifth on the money list.[3]

PGA Tour

Appleby has won nine times on the PGA Tour. He was a member of the International Team in the Presidents Cup five times, and featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking in 2004.[4] His best performance in a major championship came in 2002, where he lost in a four-way playoff to Ernie Els at The Open Championship.[5]

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,[6] and won the PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year award.[7]

Appleby was limited to seven starts before back surgery in March 2015. He made a start on the Web.com Tour for the first time in twenty years at the Nova Scotia Open, where he finished T36. Qualified for a medical extension, Appleby was allowed entry into the Web.com Tour Finals, but did not make a cut and played the 2016 season on a major medical extension. He burned through his medical extension and finished 143rd in the FedEx Cup. He tried to regain his Tour card through the Web.com Finals, but did not finish high enough when Hurricane Matthew threatened Florida and the final tournament was cancelled, leaving the top 25 players with their cards, and Appleby finished 31st, leaving him with limited status for the 2017 season. He finished 192nd in the FedEx Cup, limiting him to the Past Champions category for 2018.

Personal

Appleby's first wife Renay was struck and killed by a taxicab outside London Waterloo station in 1998,[8][9][10][11][12] shortly after he had missed the cut at The Open Championship.

Appleby married his second wife, Ashley Saleet, in 2002, and they live with their four children in Orlando, Florida. After the 1999 plane crash that killed his friend and next-door neighbour Payne Stewart, he has been one of the key father figures for Stewart's children, Chelsea and Aaron.[13] In his spare time, Appleby enjoys motor racing.[3] He is the ambassador for Golf Australia's Crown Lager Social Golf Club and patron for Stuart Appleby Junior Golf.

Professional wins (20)

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

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2002 The Open Championship Steve Elkington, Ernie Els,
Thomas Levet		 Els won with par on first extra hole after four-hole aggregate playoff;
Els: E (4-3-5-4=16),
Levet: E (4-2-5-5=16),
Appleby: +1 (4-3-5-5=17),
Elkington: +1 (5-3-4-5=17)
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)
Legend
Australian Opens (1)
Other PGA Tour of Australasia (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 20 Dec 1998 Schweppes Coolum Classic 68-67-67-69=271 −17 4 strokes Craig Spence
2 25 Nov 2001
(2002 season)		 Holden Australian Open 69-70-67-65=271 −17 3 strokes Scott Laycock
3 14 Nov 2010 JBWere Masters 71-69-69-65=274 −10 1 stroke Adam Bland

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

Nike Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1995 Nike Monterrey Open Rafael Alarcón Won with birdie on seventh extra hole
2 1995 Nike Ozarks Open P. H. Horgan III, Mike Schuchart Schuchart won with birdie on second extra hole

Australasian Foundation Tour wins (5)

Other wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 3 Aug 1999 CVS Charity Classic
(with Jeff Sluman)		 −20 (63-59=122) 2 strokes Brett Quigley and Dana Quigley

Results in major championships
Tournament199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Masters Tournament T21CUTCUTCUTT31CUTCUTT22T43T19T7T14T30CUT
U.S. Open T36T10CUTCUTCUTT37CUTCUTCUTCUTT26T36CUTT29
The Open Championship T20CUTCUTT1161T2T15T36T41CUTCUTT51T65
PGA Championship T61CUTCUTT4T16T17T23T17T15T55T12T15CUTT68
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament000015148
U.S. Open000011146
The Open Championship010114139
PGA Championship0001181411
Totals01024185534
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2007 PGA – 2009 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (four times)

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
The Players Championship T14 CUT CUT T22 T33 T28 T21 CUT CUT CUT T16 T15 CUT CUT T77
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Match Play R64 R64 R16 R64 R64 R32 R32 R64 R64 R16 R64
Championship T30 T25 NT1 T11 T2 T16 T11 T6 T35 T34 T61
Invitational T23 T20 T5 T42 T46 T9 T13 T71 T14 T2 T51 T63 76
Champions T69 T42

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
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.[14]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. Hinds, Richard (17 July 2008). "Ten years after tragedy, renewed Appleby resurfaces at Royal Birkdale". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. "Week 12 2004 Ending 21 Mar 2004" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. "About Stuart". Stuart Appleby's official site. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  4. "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. "Golf Major Championships". Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  6. "Appleby ends 4-year drought with 59". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  7. "Appleby named 2010 Tour Comeback Player of the Year". PGA Tour. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  8. Babineau, Jeff (24 July 1998). "Accident takes life of Appleby's wife". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  9. Brown, Clifton (12 August 1998). "GOLF; Death leaves golfer all alone on the course". New York Times. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  10. Kelley, Steve (12 August 1998). "A matter of life and death -- Appleby returns to golf without his beloved Renay". Seattle Times. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  11. "Stuart Appleby devastated by wife's death". Golf Today. Reuters. 24 July 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  12. Van Sickle, Gary (10 May 1999). "Heaven sent". Sports Illustrated. p. G7.
  13. Merrill, Elizabeth (16 June 2009). "In his father's footsteps". ESPN. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  14. "Week 10 Approach Shots: CA Championship". PGA Tour. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
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