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 par putt on the final hole for 279 (−1) and avoided a Monday playoff. He redeemed himself at the U.S. Open, after losing a four-stroke 54-hole lead the year before in San Francisco. 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 and 1992.

Course layout Course No. 2 Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4044473355664822223584851793,4786104534473834362024891914463,6577,135 Par444543443355444434343570 Source:

Round summaries

First round Thursday, June 17, 1999 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 David Duval67−3 Paul Goydos Billy Mayfair Phil MickelsonT5 David Berganio Jr.68−2 John Daly Payne Stewart Tiger Woods Kaname YokooT10 Brad Fabel69−1 Carlos Franco Jim Furyk Tim Herron Justin Leonard Rocco Mediate Larry Mize Craig Parry Vijay Singh Chris Smith Hal Sutton Bob Tway Brian Watts D. A. Weibring

Second round Friday, June 18, 1999

The 36-hole cut was at 147 (+7) or better, and 68 players advanced to the weekend. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 David Duval67-70=137−3 Phil Mickelson67-70=137 Payne Stewart68-69=137T4 Billy Mayfair67-72=139−1 Vijay Singh69-70=139 Hal Sutton69-70=139 Tiger Woods68-71=139T8 John Huston71-69=140E Jeff Maggert71-69=140T10 Bob Estes70-71=141+1 Paul Goydos67-74=141 Tim Herron69-72=141 Rocco Mediate69-72=141

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

Third round Saturday, June 19, 1999

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Payne Stewart68-69-72=209−12 Phil Mickelson67-70-73=210ET3 Tim Herron69-72-70=211+1 Tiger Woods68-71-72=211T5 David Duval67-70-75=212+2 Vijay Singh69-70-73=212 Steve Stricker70-73-69=2128 Billy Mayfair67-72-74=213+39 Jeff Maggert71-69-74=214+4T10 Paul Goydos67-74-74=215+5 John Huston71-69-75=215 Miguel Ángel Jiménez73-70-72=215 Hal Sutton69-70-76=215

Final round Sunday, June 20, 1999

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Payne Stewart 68-69-72-70=279 −1625,0002 Phil Mickelson67-70-73-70=280E370,000T3 Vijay Singh69-70-73-69=281+1196,792 Tiger Woods68-71-72-70=2815 Steve Stricker70-73-69-73=285+5130,6556 Tim Herron69-72-70-75=286+6116,935T7 David Duval67-70-75-75=287+796,260 Jeff Maggert71-69-74-73=287 Hal Sutton69-70-76-72=287T10 Darren Clarke73-70-74-71=288+878,863 Billy Mayfair67-72-74-75=288 Source:

Amateurs: Hank Kuehne (+26)

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par444543443 544443434 Stewart −2−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1E−1−1EE−1−1 Mickelson EEEEEE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EEE Singh +2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1EEEEEE+1+1+1 Woods EE+1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+2+2+1+1E+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 BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

References

External links USOpen.com – History