1999 U.S. Open (golf)

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1999 U.S. Open

| image = 1999OpenLogo.jpg

| dates = June 17–20, 1999

| location = Pinehurst, North Carolina

| course = Pinehurst Resort,
Course No. 2

| org = USGA

| tour = PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour

| par = 70

| yardage = {{convert|7175|yd}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sacaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vi8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4907%2C2675674 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |agency=Knight Ridder |title=1999 U.S. Open: Pinehurst No. 2 course |date=June 17, 1999 |page=9C}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TKgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ri8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1446%2C84170 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|title=Leader scorecards - final round |date=June 21, 1999 |page=3C}}{{Cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1016279/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701171552/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1016279/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2013 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Hell Hole |last=Van Sickle |first=Gary |date=June 28, 1999 |page=G12 }}

| field = 156 players, 68 after cut

| cut = 147 (+7)

| purse = $3,500,000
€3,044,423

| winners_share = $625,000
€543,647{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=1999/tournamentid=1999047/index.html |publisher=PGA European Tour |title=U.S. Open Championship: leaderboard June 20, 1999 |access-date=June 14, 2012}}

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Payne Stewart

| score = 279 (−1)

| previous = 1998

| next = 2000

}}

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|label = Pinehurst Resort

|lat = 35.190

|long = -79.468

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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 {{convert|15|ft|0|adj=on}} par putt on the final hole for 279 (−1) and avoided a Monday playoff.{{Cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1016259/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119113348/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1016259/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Payne Relief |last=Garrity |first=John |date=June 28, 1999 |page=54 |access-date=June 14, 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_rVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4127%2C1518776|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|agency=Associated Press|title=Stewart feeling no Payne at Open |date=June 21, 1999|page=1B}} He redeemed himself at the U.S. Open, after losing a four-stroke 54-hole lead the year before in San Francisco.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TKgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ri8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5443%2C77067|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |last=D'Amato |first=Gary |title=Par-velous performance |date=June 21, 1999 |page=1C}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6cgwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oAMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5772%2C2316416|newspaper=Toledo Blade|last=Hackenberg|first=Dave|title=Putts give Payne relief |date=June 21, 1999 |page=21}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AVdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5769%2C5796173 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=(Los Angeles Times)|last=Bonk |first=Thomas |title=Stewart erases bad memories |date=June 21, 1999 |page=1B }} 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, 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{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=50UbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6U4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7063%2C790145 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Stadler ends drought with victory |date=November 4, 1991 |page=8B }} and 1992.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zHoWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8BIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5812%2C77349 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Azinger triumphs in season finale |date=November 2, 1992 |page=2B }}