1999 U.S. Open (golf)
Golf tournament
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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.
Course No. 2
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 17–20, 1999 |
| Location | Pinehurst, North Carolina |
| Courses | Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tours | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,175 yards (6,561 m)[1][2][3] |
| Field | 156 players, 68 after cut |
| Cut | 147 (+7) |
| Prize fund | $3,500,000 €3,044,423 |
| Winner's share | $625,000 €543,647[4] |
| Champion | |
 Payne Stewart | |
| 279 (−1) | |
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.[5][6] He redeemed himself at the U.S. Open, after losing a four-stroke 54-hole lead the year before in San Francisco.[7][8][9] Stewart did not get a chance to defend his title in 2000, as he would die 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, 2014, and once again in 2024. 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[10] and 1992.[11]
Course layout
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 17, 1999
Second round
Friday, June 18, 1999
The 36-hole cut was at 147 (+7) or better, and 68 players advanced to the weekend.
| Place | Player | Score | To par[13] |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | David Duval | 67-70=137 | −3 |
| Phil Mickelson | 67-70=137 | ||
| Payne Stewart | 68-69=137 | ||
| T4 | Billy Mayfair | 67-72=139 | −1 |
 Vijay Singh | 69-70=139 | ||
| Hal Sutton | 69-70=139 | ||
| Tiger Woods | 68-71=139 | ||
| T8 | John Huston | 71-69=140 | E |
| Jeff Maggert | 71-69=140 | ||
| T10 | Bob Estes | 70-71=141 | +1 |
| Paul Goydos | 67-74=141 | ||
| Tim Herron | 69-72=141 | ||
| Rocco Mediate | 69-72=141 |
Amateurs: Kuehne (+7), Molder (+11), Barnes (+13), Kuchar (+15), McKnight (+15), Call (+20).
Third round
Saturday, June 19, 1999
| Place | Player | Score | To par[14] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payne Stewart | 68-69-72=209 | −1 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 67-70-73=210 | E |
| T3 | Tim Herron | 69-72-70=211 | +1 |
| Tiger Woods | 68-71-72=211 | ||
| T5 | David Duval | 67-70-75=212 | +2 |
| Vijay Singh | 69-70-73=212 | ||
| Steve Stricker | 70-73-69=212 | ||
| 8 | Billy Mayfair | 67-72-74=213 | +3 |
| 9 | Jeff Maggert | 71-69-74=214 | +4 |
| T10 | Paul Goydos | 67-74-74=215 | +5 |
| John Huston | 71-69-75=215 | ||
 Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 73-70-72=215 | ||
| Hal Sutton | 69-70-76=215 |
Final round
Sunday, June 20, 1999
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payne Stewart | 68-69-72-70=279 | −1 | 625,000 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 67-70-73-70=280 | E | 370,000 |
| T3 | Vijay Singh | 69-70-73-69=281 | +1 | 196,792 |
| Tiger Woods | 68-71-72-70=281 | |||
| 5 | Steve Stricker | 70-73-69-73=285 | +5 | 130,655 |
| 6 | Tim Herron | 69-72-70-75=286 | +6 | 116,935 |
| T7 | David Duval | 67-70-75-75=287 | +7 | 96,260 |
| Jeff Maggert | 71-69-74-73=287 | |||
| Hal Sutton | 69-70-76-72=287 | |||
| T10 |  Darren Clarke | 73-70-74-71=288 | +8 | 78,863 |
| Billy Mayfair | 67-72-74-75=288 |
Amateurs: Hank Kuehne (+26)
Scorecard
Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Stewart | −2 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | E | −1 | −1 | E | E | −1 | −1 |
| Mickelson | E | E | E | E | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | E |
| Singh | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | E | E | E | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| Woods | E | E | +1 | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | E | +1 | +1 |
| Stricker | +2 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +5 |
| Herron | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +6 |
| Duval | +2 | +1 | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +2 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +7 |
| Maggert | +4 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +6 | +5 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +7 |
| Sutton | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +7 |
| Clarke | +7 | +9 | +9 | +9 | +9 | +9 | +8 | +8 | +8 | +8 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +8 | +8 | +8 |
| Mayfair | +2 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +8 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |