From the Vault: '99 U.S. Open

In this edition of From the Vault, we take a look back at one of the greatest U.S. Opens in history, the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst.
Posted 6/12/2023, 3:47:50 AM

SECOND CHECKERED FLAG OF THE

SEASON.

>> NOW AT THE U.S. OPEN AIRING

THIS COMING WEEK ON WRAL

TONIGHT. WE REMEMBER THE

GREATEST OPEN IN PINEHURST

HISTORY. 24 YEARS AGO. BIG

NAMES BATTLE LIKE TIGER WOODS,

PHIL MICKELSON. BUT IN THE END,

THE TOURNAMENT BELONG TO PAYNE

STEWART. SO LET'S OPEN OUR

VIDEO OF ALL FOR BOB HOLIDAY

STORY FROM THAT RAINY SUNDAY.

AND THAT FINAL ROUND IN 1999.

>> PAYNE STEWART SETS THE TONE

ON THE VERY FIRST HOLE WHEN IT

MATTERS. MOST PAINS PUTTER IS

PARAMOUNT ON THE GREENS.

MICKELSON PLACE STEADILY

MICKELSON HITS ALL THE 2

FAIRWAYS AND 10 OF 18 GREENS.

BUT HIS BIRDIE PUTT FALLS AT

7 LAKERS AND LOOSE WITH ONE

OF THE LEAD. AND NOW THERE ARE

OTHER PLAYERS TRYING TO JOIN

THE GATE. TIGER WOODS WILL MAKE

THE BIRDIE PUTT AND AURORA ARE

UPSET CAN BE HEARD ALL OVER IT.

AFTER PUTTING HIS TEE SHOT

NEEDS TO MAKE THIS PUTT TO SAVE

PAR AT 17, HE CAN'T UNKNOWN

EACH ONE OF THE LEADERS TO MAKE

A MISTAKE. WHEN SHAW ONE HOLD A

PLACE TO AND IT'S A CONCERN TO

LAY OUT OF THE MONEY TEAM.

HE LATER WEDGE TO WITHIN ABOUT

20 FEET. MICKELSON KNOW HAS A

25 FOOTER THE ENTIRE, MAYBE

EVEN WIN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.

ONE THIS MAKE A GREAT STORY,

FATHER TO BE WITH US ON

FATHER'S DAY. IT. BUT THE BALL

SCOOTED PAST LOOKS LIKE PLAYOFF

TIME IN PINEHURST, INCREDIBLY

PAYNE STEWART HAS PLAYED THIS

ROUND WITH 23 PUTTS. HE HAS

AT LEAST ONE MORE THAN 18.

SOMEONE IN THE CROWD WAS

PRESENT. KNOW WHAT HAS MADE

THIS PUTT ALL DAY. IT'S A

PLAYOFF AND HE MISSES. BUT THE

BALL FOR THAT.

NICHOLSON, ONE OF THE MOST

EXCITING FINISHES IN U.S. OPEN

HISTORY.

BUBBLES INSIDE JEN.

>> ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S IT'S

OVER AND YOU DID IT. THIS WOULD

HAVE BEEN A VERY A VERY SPECIAL

WEEK. I FELT LIKE I PLAYED WELL

ENOUGH TO TO WIN MY FIRST OPEN.

BUT THE LAST 3 HOLES, PAYNE

STEWART PLAYED BETTER.

>> PHIL MICKELSON SAYS, BUT HIM

OR HIS DISAPPOINTMENT WILL BE

REPLACED BY THE JOY. THE

IMPENDING FATHERHOOD AND PAYNE

STEWART WILL NEVER FORGET THE

THRILL OF THIS DATE. U.S. OPEN

TROPHY ALOFT.

>> THAT SCENE EVEN MORE

INCREDIBLE HAS STEWART WOULD

PASS AWAY IN A PLANE CRASH JUST

4 MONTHS AFTER THE VICTORY.

WHILE MICKELSON BUT FINISHED

SECOND PLACE IN THE U.S. OPEN

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