1999 U.S. Open (golf)

1999 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 17 - 20, 1999
Location Pinehurst, North Carolina
Course(s) Pinehurst No. 2
Tour(s) PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,175
Field 156 players, 68 after cut
Cut 148 (+8)
Prize fund $3,500,000
Winner's share $625,000
Champion
Payne Stewart
279 (-1)

The 1999 United States Open Championship was the 99th U.S. Open. The event was held from 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 with a 15-foot par putt on the final hole to defeat Phil Mickelson by one stroke. Stewart would not get a chance to defend his title in 2000 as he died little more than four months later, in a plane crash.

Contents

Round summaries

First round

# Player Country Score To par[1]
T1 David Duval  United States 67 -3
Paul Goydos  United States
Billy Mayfair  United States
Phil Mickelson  United States
T5 David Berganio, Jr.  United States 68 -2
John Daly  United States
Payne Stewart  United States
Tiger Woods  United States
Kaname Yokoo  Japan
T10 Brad Fabel  United States 69 -1
Carlos Franco  Paraguay
Jim Furyk  United States
Tim Herron  United States
Justin Leonard  United States
Rocco Mediate  United States
Larry Mize  United States
Craig Parry  Australia
Vijay Singh  Fiji
Chris Smith  United States
Hal Sutton  United States
Bob Tway  United States
Brian Watts  United States
D. A. Weibring  United States

Second round

# Player Country Score To par[2]
T1 David Duval  United States 67-70=137 -3
Phil Mickelson  United States 67-70=137
Payne Stewart  United States 68-69=137
T4 Billy Mayfair  United States 67-72=139 -1
Vijay Singh  Fiji 69-70=139
Hal Sutton  United States 69-70=139
Tiger Woods  United States 68-71=139
T8 John Huston  United States 71-69=140 E
Jeff Maggert  United States 71-69=140
T10 Bob Estes  United States 70-71=141 +1
Paul Goydos  United States 67-74=141
Tim Herron  United States 69-72=141
Rocco Mediate  United States 69-72=141

Amateurs: Kuehne (+7), Molder (+11), Barnes (+13), Kuchar (+15), McKnight (+15), Call (+20).

Third round

# Player Country Score To par[3]
1 Payne Stewart  United States 68-69-72=209 -1
2 Phil Mickelson  United States 67-70-73=210 E
T3 Tim Herron  United States 69-72-70=211 +1
Tiger Woods  United States 68-71-72=211
T5 David Duval  United States 67-70-75=212 +2
Vijay Singh  Fiji 69-70-73=212
Steve Stricker  United States 70-73-69=212
8 Billy Mayfair  United States 67-72-74=213 +3
9 Jeff Maggert  United States 71-69-74=214 +4
T10 Paul Goydos  United States 67-74-74=215 +5
John Huston  United States 71-69-75=215
Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 73-70-72=215
Hal Sutton  United States 69-70-76=215

Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings
1 Payne Stewart  United States 68-69-72-70=279 -1 $625,000
2 Phil Mickelson  United States 67-70-73-70=280 E $370,000
T3 Vijay Singh  Fiji 69-70-73-69=281 +1 $196,792
Tiger Woods  United States 68-71-72-70=281
5 Steve Stricker  United States 70-73-69-73=285 +5 $130,655
6 Tim Herron  United States 69-72-70-75=286 +6 $116,935
T7 David Duval  United States 67-70-75-75=287 +7 $96,260
Jeff Maggert  United States 71-69-74-73=287
Hal Sutton  United States 69-70-76-72=287
T10 Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 73-70-74-71=288 +8 $78,863
Billy Mayfair  United States 67-72-74-75=288

Amateurs: Kuehne (+26).

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Preceded by
1999 Masters
Major Championships Succeeded by
1999 Open Championship