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. He lives with Ashley and his four children in Orlando, Florida. After the 1999 plane crash that killed his friend and next-door neighbor Payne Stewart, he has been one of the key father figures for Stewart's children Chelsea and Aaron.
In his spare time, Appleby enjoys motor racing.
Appleby is the ambassador for Golf Australia's Crown Lager Social Golf Club.
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