1999 US Open Pinehurst #2 pin flag Payne Stewart ryder british tpc pga

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The
1999 United States Open Championship
was the 99th
U.S. Open
, held June 17–20 at
Pinehurst Resort
Course No. 2 in
Pinehurst, North Carolina
.
Payne Stewart
won his second U.S. Open and third
major championship
, one stroke ahead of runner-up
Phil Mickelson
.
After a birdie at the penultimate hole to regain an outright lead, Stewart sank a 15-foot (5 m) par putt on the final hole for 279 (−1) and avoided a Monday playoff.
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He redeemed himself at the U.S. Open, after losing a four-stroke 54-hole lead the
year before
in
San Francisco
.
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Stewart did not get a chance to defend his title in
2000
, as he died four months later in a
plane crash
. The U.S. Open was his eleventh and final
PGA Tour
win.
Major winners
Tiger Woods
and
Vijay Singh
were in contention late in their final rounds, but each bogeyed and finished two strokes back, tied for third.
This was the first U.S. Open at Pinehurst, which returned in
2005
and
2014
. Previously, it hosted the
PGA Championship
in
1936
, the
Ryder Cup
in
1951
, and the
North and South Open
from 1902 through 1951. More recently, it was the site of season-ending
Tour Championship
in
1991
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and
1992
.