Born: Stuart Charles Deane
29 January 1972
Brisbane, Australia
Current Residence: Arlington, Texas
Career Summary
Stuart started playing golf in 1989 at the age of seventeen. Being an exceptional athlete at many sports through high school, Stuart remarkably progressed from a 23 handicap to a 1 handicap in only ten months. He successfully played amateur golf and won 4 tournaments in three years.
He made his first step into the professional ranks in Asia and played very well. On his first extended trip away from Australia, he never missed a cut in 16 events and finished inside the top twenty on the Order of Merit.
Gaining confidence in Asia, Stuart successfully qualified for the Australasian PGA Tour. Playing well and maintaining a tour card at the end of the year, he gained valuable experience traveling and playing in major tournaments along side of players such as Nick Faldo and Ian Woosman, both Major Champions.
After a few seasons and three wins, Stuart firmly set his eyes on the PGA Tour. He traveled to the United States and played in six mini-tour events, winning two and not finishing outside of the top five in the other four events. Stuart went on to qualify on the Canadian Tour and finished second in the first event. Unfortunately, he had to cut the tour short due to a death in the family.
Stuart met his wife Elizabeth in the United States and they currently make their home in Arlington, Texas.
He has maintained a scoring average better than 69.8 for the past five years, including a 68.5 average in 2006. With seven wins, including the Trump Million Dollar Invitational, and setting two course records in the seven years, including a career low 61 at the TPC Four Seasons in Dallas, Stuart has his eyes firmly set on his career goal of being a top 30 player on the PGA Tour.
Time Line ? Amateur
1992
- Queensland State Squad Member
- Queensland Junior Championship ? 12th
- Queensland Amateur Championship ? 11th
- Far North Queensland Open ? 8th
- Bowen Open ? 4th
- Coca-Cola Classic ? 2nd
- Brisbane Amateur Championship ? 5th
- Kooralbyn Copperhead Challenge ? 1st
1991
- Queensland Junior Championship ? 5th
- Queensland Two-man Team Representative at the Australian Golf Union Intensive School at the Institute of Sport.
- Kooralbyn Copperhead Challenge ? 1st
1990
- Brisbane Club Championship ? 1st
- Blackheath Medal Championship ? 1st
- Gary Player Junior Classic ? 9th
1989
- The year Stuart started playing golf. His first handicap was twenty-three in January and by November, he played on a one handicap.
Time Line ? USA
2001 ? 2006
Stuart played a limited schedule after joining the club professional ranks as an assistant. Finishing inside the top 15 in every event played, his best finish was second in the Assistants championship. While working at his game on a limited basis, he was able to maintain his game at a competitive level.
Scoring Average: 70.48 for 92 rounds
2000
Stuart qualified for the Louisiana Open (Buy.com) and missed the cut by 1 shot. He led the driving accuracy stats. He missed qualifying for six other events by one shot. Stuart made the cut five out of eight Hooters events with his best finish being eleventh. He finished second in one of two Tight Lies Tour events played.
Scoring Average: 71.07
1999
Stuart played in 15 events on the Coca Cola Montgomery Sports Tour making 13 cuts with four top tens. All other finishes were inside fifth place, including seven inside the top twenty. Stuart finished the tour inside of the top twenty-five on the order of merit.
1998
Stuart played in 10 Iron Man Tour events and finished ninth on the order of merit for the season. He also played in some other various mini-tour events and did not finish outside of the top fifteen for the year.
Scoring Average: 71.7
1997
Stuart played in 24 events with one win and four seconds while not finishing outside of the top twenty. With four wins, two course records and seventeen top ten finishes, he finished the year seventh on the Iron Man Tour order of merit. Stuart decided thatthe U.S. would become his home.
Scoring Average: 70.05
1996
Stuart first arrived in the U.S.A. in March 1996. With only a six-month stay, he played in 6 mini-tour events, won two and did not finish outside of the top five. He then qualified for the Canadian PGA Tour and finished second in the first event. Unfortunately, he had to cut the tour short, as there was a death in the family.
Scoring Average: 69.5
Time Line ? World Tours
1995
Stuart played on the Sunshine Tour (equivalent to the Nike Tour), which consisted of 26 events. Nine times he finished in the top three, including three first place finishes while only finishing outside of the top fifteen only four times. His worst finish on this tour was twenty-forth.
Scoring Average: 71.6
1994
Stuart qualified for the Australasian PGA Tour. He played the first 8 events and made five cuts before he had to travel home due to an illness in the family and the divorce of his parents.
Scoring Average: 72.2
1993
Stuart qualified and played on the ASIAN TDC PGA Tour. Playing in 16 events, he never finished outside of the top thirty and made every cut. He finished inside the top twenty, nine times. His best finish was the Indonesian PGA event where he finished fifth behind Wayne Grady, then the PGA Champion of America. Stuart finished in seventeenth place on the order of merit out of one hundred and twenty-five players.
Scoring Average: 72.2
