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Stuart Appleby

Stuart Appleby
Personal Information
Birth	Cohuna, Australia
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Nationality
College	None
Career
Turned Pro	1992
Current tour	PGA Tour (joined 1996)
Professional wins	13 (PGA Tour: 8, Other: 5)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	T7: 2007
U.S. Open	T10: 1998
British Open	T2: 2002
PGA Championship	T4: 2000
Awards
PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit	1992, 1994

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

Career summary

Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria. He practiced by hitting balls from paddock to paddock. He 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., and qualified to compete on the PGA Tour the following year by finishing the season fifth on the money list. He has won eight 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. 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.

Personal

Appleby's first wife, Renay, was killed in an automobile accident outside London Waterloo station in 1998, shortly after he had missed the cut at The Open Championship. Appleby married his second wife, Ashley Saleet, in 2002, and currently lives with Ashley and his two daughters, Ella and Mia. They are expecting their first son in October.

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (8)

1997 (1) Honda Classic
1998 (1) Kemper Open
1999 (1) Shell Houston Open
2003 (1) Las Vegas Invitational
2004 (1) Mercedes Championships
2005 (1) Mercedes Championships
2006 (2) Mercedes Championships, Shell Houston Open

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

1995 (2) Nike Monterrey Open, Nike Sonoma County Open

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

1998 (1) Coolum Classic
2001 (1) Australian Open

Other wins (1)

1999 (1) CVS Charity Classic (with Jeff Sluman; United States - unofficial event)

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
The Masters	CUT	T31	CUT	CUT	T22	T43	T19	T7	T14
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	T37	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T26	T36
The Open Championship	T11	61	T2^	T15	T36	T41	CUT	CUT	T51
PGA Championship	T4	T16	T17	T23	T17	T15	T55	T12	T15

^Lost in a four man, four-hole playoff. He competed against Ernie Els, Steve Elkington and Thomas Levet. Ernie Els eventually won the championship.

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. 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
CA Championship	T30	T25	NT¹	T11	T2	T16	T11	T6	T35	T34
Bridgestone Invitational	T23	T20	T5	T42	T46	T9	T13	T71	T14	T2

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
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Presidents Cup (International Team): 1998 (winners), 2000, 2003 (tie), 2005, 2007
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1997, 1998, 1999
WGC-World Cup (representing Australia): 2003