Stuart Appleby
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|+<big> '''Stuart Appleby'''</big>
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#4682B4" | '''Personal Information'''
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| '''Birth''' || {{birth date and age|1971|5|1}} <br>[[Cohuna]], [[Australia]]
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| '''Height''' || 6 [[Foot (unit of length)|ft]] 1 [[Inch|in]] (1.85 [[Metre|m]])
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| '''Weight''' || 195 [[Pound (mass)|lb]] (88 [[Kilogram|kg]])
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| '''Nationality''' || {{AUS}}
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| '''College''' || None
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="E2725B" | Career
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| '''Turned Pro''' || 1992
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| '''Current tour''' || [[PGA Tour]] (joined 1996)
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| '''Professional wins''' || 13 (PGA Tour: 8, Other: 5)
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ACE1AF" | Best Results in Major Championships
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| [[The Masters|Masters]]
| T7: 2007
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| [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
| T10: 1998
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| [[The Open Championship|British Open]]
| T2: 2002
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| [[PGA Championship]]
| T4: 2000
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#D8BFD8" | Awards
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| [[PGA Tour of Australasia|PGA Tour of Australasia's<br>Order of Merit]]
| 1992, 1994
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'''Stuart Appleby''' (born [[May 1]] [[1971]]) is an [[Australia]]n professional [[golf]]er.
==Career summary==
Appleby was born in [[Cohuna]] in rural northern [[Victoria (Australia)|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.<ref>[http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/2007%20Stats/86TO0810.pdf 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking]</ref> 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 PGA Tour|1997]] (1) [[Honda Classic]]
*[[1998 PGA Tour|1998]] (1) [[Kemper Open]]
*[[1999 PGA Tour|1999]] (1) [[Shell Houston Open]]
*[[2003 PGA Tour|2003]] (1) [[Las Vegas Invitational]]
*[[2004 PGA Tour|2004]] (1) [[Mercedes Championships]]
*[[2005 PGA Tour|2005]] (1) [[Mercedes Championships]]
*[[2006 PGA Tour|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 (golf)|Australian Open]]
===Other wins (1)===
*1999 (1) [[CVS Charity Classic]] (with [[Jeff Sluman]]; United States - unofficial event)
==Results in major championships==
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|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
!align="left"|Tournament
!1997
!1998
!1999
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|[[The Masters Tournament|The Masters]]
|align="center"|T21
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
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|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|align="center"|T36
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10
|align="center"|CUT
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|[[The Open Championship]]
|align="center"|T20
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
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|[[PGA Championship]]
|align="center"|T61
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
!align="left"|Tournament
!2000
!2001
!2002
!2003
!2004
!2005
!2006
!2007
!2008
|-
|[[The Masters Tournament|The Masters]]
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T31
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T22
|align="center"|T43
|align="center"|T19
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7
|align="center"|T14
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|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T37
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T26
|align="center"|T36
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|[[The Open Championship]]
|align="center"|T11
|align="center"|61
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T2^
|align="center"|T15
|align="center"|T36
|align="center"|T41
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
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|-
|[[PGA Championship]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T4
|align="center"|T16
|align="center"|T17
|align="center"|T23
|align="center"|T17
|align="center"|T15
|align="center"|T55
|align="center"|T12
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^Lost in a four man, four-hole playoff. He competed against [[Ernie Els]], [[Steve Elkington]] and [[Thomas Levet]]. Ernie Els ended up winning.
DNP = Did not play<br>
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
"T" = tied<br>
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
==Team appearances==
*[[Presidents Cup]] (International Team): [[1998 Presidents Cup|1998]] (winners), [[2000 Presidents Cup|2000]], [[2003 Presidents Cup|2003]] (tie), [[2005 Presidents Cup|2005]], [[2007 Presidents Cup|2007]]
*[[Alfred Dunhill Cup]] (representing Australia): 1997, 1998, 1999
*[[WGC-World Cup]] (representing Australia): 2003
==See also==
*[[Golfers with most PGA Tour wins]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.pga.org.au/default.aspx?s=pgatourplayerprofiledisplay&pid=216 Profile on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site]
*[http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/00/98 Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]
*[http://www.officialworldgolfranking.com/players/bio.sps?ID=5294 Results in ranking tournaments over the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site]
*[http://www.stuartappleby.com.au Stuart Appleby Junior Golf official website]
*[http://www.stuartappleby.com/ Stuart Appleby official website]
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