Junior Golf 13. Your Game 16. As the entire country, golfers and nongolfers alike, mourn the sudden and senseless loss of Payne Stewart, Stewart's hometown is devastated. Payne was one of those special people that everybody liked. One short drive around this city proves his point.
Flags are at half-staff.
You can't visit a restaurant or grocery store without overhearing someone discussing how they in one way or another knew Stewart. He touched many lives in his frequent visits home. Sweet was an assistant pro for 18 years at Hickory Hills Country Club, the Stewart family's home course. Stewart and his father, Bill, were fixtures at the club. He was full of energy.