Payne Stewart: The Authorized Biography Stewart, Tracey and Abraham, Ken

Tracey Stewart opens up about her late husband, Payne Stewart — the two-time US Open champion whose life ended in a 1999 plane crash that stunned the golf world. This isn't a sanitized sports memoir. It's an intimate portrait of a complicated man: the colorful knickerbockers, the fiery temper on the course, the spiritual transformation in his final years. Co-written with Ken Abraham, the book moves between Payne's rise through professional golf and the private moments that defined him — fatherhood, faith, marriage, redemption. Tracey doesn't shy away from the struggles: the ego, the public persona, the journey toward becoming the man she watched evolve. For golf fans, it's a behind-the-scenes look at one of the sport's most charismatic figures. For everyone else, it's a story about legacy and what we leave behind.