The cross-section of storylines from this Open is insane. We had no idea that this would be one of the last times we'd see Payne. We didn't know this would start Phil's run of *almost* winning the Open. And we definitely had no idea what a dominant run of golf Tiger would begin in two months. So it's not just that the tournament itself was great, which it was. It's the unique place the tournament holds in the chronological history of golf.
My dad worked in sports media. Radio. He was there. And earlier in the week he interviewed Payne and asked him about his wwjd bracelet. After his legendary fist pump on 18, Payne looked at my dad and pointed to his wwjd bracelet. You are correct, there is a lot of legendary story lines from this back nine.
Phil had a helicopter on standby in case his wife went into labor. He was able to finish the tournament and go to his wife right after, to become a father. When Payne won, he congratulated Phil, for becoming a father.
Remember this like it was yesterday...was a HUGE Payne Stewart and Freddy Couples fan growing up....I was just about to turn 19 years old when this happened back in the summer of 1999....will never forget this. RIP Payne.
“You’re going to make a great father.” Mr. Stewart just won the biggest golf tournament against three of the best yet still put it aside to tell Phil those words. What an amazing man
Always wondered what he said to him, I made out "father" but that's it. Payne was taken too soon, would have been nice to see him compete in a few more majors.
@@mikewilliams7985 Hey Mike, there's another movie about this open in USGA youtube channel. His wife and other players noted that he told Phil "It's nothing like being a father. You're going to be a great father." and Phil responded saying he's happy for him. The even better part is, while hugging his wife, he told her "I kept my head down all day. All day." His wife had seen him the day before and he was not keeping his head down while putting. Something Payne's father wrote down in notes for Payne, but given to his wife, to remind him of. She did so before the next round and, well, the fruit of those notes were clearly shown here. Pretty neat!
@@gasperstarina9837 Agreed. There is something different about this one, probably because it took him so long and also because we know what happened shortly after.
Stewart lost the open the year before. Made a clutch putt here to redeem himself. Participated in that magical Ryder Cup, then perished a month later. Crazy series of events. Really loved the fire he brought to the game. He has been missed.
Just finished binge watching the Masters for three days...the putt on 18 here was the most thrilling thing I have seen in a long time.I miss Payne Stewart.
As many times as Phil has come agonizingly close to winning this great tournament, given the opportunity, I don't think even he would change the outcome. We're all so glad that Payne got to taste this victory. Rest in peace.
Still love watching this so many years later. Ayrton, Dale Sr., Greg Moore, Diana, Mother T. and Payne among others. It was a tough few years but great, great memories. RIP.
I remember watching this and thinking to myself "man this is one tough course". Still after all these years I still recall how crazy those putting greens and slopes were.
Never, ever will I want to hear him again. Could not stand him repeating the same garbage every single shot. Another in a line of pointless commentators who just tell me what I just saw.
I just re watched this. I was 32 years old and a long time Payne Stewart fan in 1999. His love for the game of golf was evident and I loved his ability to show emotion as a child does. I was heartbroken when I heard my favorite golfer in the +4's died so unexpectedly and tragically. I miss what may have been to come on the links for Payne. God Speed my man!
This was just one of the greatest tournaments of all time. Everything about it was just awesome. The players at the top of the leaderboard, the course and the champion. Not the mention the old NBC crew calling the action. What an awesome tournament and memory.
Yes one of my favorite US Open stories....sport is sport...but the human story makes the event. Payne just missed out the year before, and then wins this close one....then we say goodbye to him soon after. Yes this is one of my favorites, because Payne was such a good human being.
@Walker Kelly I totally forgot that Tiger was right there at the end. It’s kind of mushed into everybody’s memory that it was a battle between Phil and Payne, but Tiger was just a few inches away from making that putt on 18 to tie Phil. Very easily could have been a 3 way playoff between them.
1:44:16 what a champ! To say to Phil: good luck with the baby you gonna be a father ! Tiger, Rory, Garcia they are emotional but I 've never seen so honest emotions like here...❤
Every time I watch this I feel so bad for Phil. It must be devastating to keep falling short by such a small margin. He really deserves at least 1 US open.
"Pounded the year before"? Payne nearly led wire-to-wire in 1998. If it wasn't for 3 unlucky breaks he'd have won. First, the hilariously unfair pin placement on Friday at 18 cost him a shot. His 8-footer for birdie rolled 20 feet by and he bogeyed. In the final round, Janzen's tee shot on 5 landed in a tree. He was walking back to the tee to take a lost ball and some guy with binoculars yelled out that it fell out of the tree. Instead of a double bogey that costs him the championship (considering the way the rest of the round played out), he chips in for par. Payne finally hits a fairway in the final round on 12 and it lands in a divot. You probably know what happened next. That's what cost him in 1998 not any ridiculous " beatdown" as you claim.
Harris, Stewart, Campbell, Lee, Kaymer, Wie, and Ogletree: all impressive journeymen and journeywoman who have all conquered Pinehurst. I wonder who is next? 😀💁🏻♂️
Not that my comments matter. But I was 10 when this happened and didn’t care about golf at all…. Have always seen the “highlights” over the years, and after a recent pod I listened to, decided to come back and watch the whole thing. The tension, the nostalgia, everything is just so great. Payne holding off Tiger and Phil is just incredible, then add in the fact of him dying a few months later is just so ominous. I wish we could get back to this.
1:29:15 Roger: "This ball going down the right side...should be pretty good!" Johnny: "No it isn't, it missed by 6 inches Rog in the heavy stuff and it went down. That is in trouble right there...with this wet rough I don't think he can hit the green unless he has a little better lie than I think." Roger: "That's the first player I've seen Johnny that hasn't carried that bunker" Johnny: "It's, uh, it's in that long rough, Rog, passed the bunker."
I think he was more content with the fact that he would get to fly back to be with his wife who was in labor with their 1st kid as opposed to having to stay for another day
Incredible looking at the swing speeds on hole 10 compared to now. Phil at 54 swings harder and faster these days than he did then. Payne's swing has a nice tempo but looks incredibly slow as well.
TIGER CHOKED ON 🍎🍎🍎. 😂😂😂 MISS READ SAME BREAK TWICE. JOHNY MILLER PLAYING THE PESSIMIST. EVERYONE WEARING COTTON AND BAGGY PANTS W PLEATS.. (COTTON DOCKERS) IN HUMID SOUTHERN CLIMATE AHHH YOU GOTTA LOVE 90S...👍👍👍👍
The cross-section of storylines from this Open is insane. We had no idea that this would be one of the last times we'd see Payne. We didn't know this would start Phil's run of *almost* winning the Open. And we definitely had no idea what a dominant run of golf Tiger would begin in two months. So it's not just that the tournament itself was great, which it was. It's the unique place the tournament holds in the chronological history of golf.
Very well said i 100% agree with you
I can watch this over an over , Stewart, Mickelson,woods VJ,
My dad worked in sports media. Radio. He was there. And earlier in the week he interviewed Payne and asked him about his wwjd bracelet. After his legendary fist pump on 18, Payne looked at my dad and pointed to his wwjd bracelet.
You are correct, there is a lot of legendary story lines from this back nine.
Phil had a helicopter on standby in case his wife went into labor. He was able to finish the tournament and go to his wife right after, to become a father.
When Payne won, he congratulated Phil, for becoming a father.
Remember this like it was yesterday...was a HUGE Payne Stewart and Freddy Couples fan growing up....I was just about to turn 19 years old when this happened back in the summer of 1999....will never forget this. RIP Payne.
“You’re going to make a great father.” Mr. Stewart just won the biggest golf tournament against three of the best yet still put it aside to tell Phil those words. What an amazing man
My favorite part of this is Payne telling Phil that he’s going to be a great father. it’s beautiful how much family meant to him.
Always wondered what he said to him, I made out "father" but that's it. Payne was taken too soon, would have been nice to see him compete in a few more majors.
@@mikewilliams7985 Hey Mike, there's another movie about this open in USGA youtube channel. His wife and other players noted that he told Phil "It's nothing like being a father. You're going to be a great father." and Phil responded saying he's happy for him.
The even better part is, while hugging his wife, he told her "I kept my head down all day. All day." His wife had seen him the day before and he was not keeping his head down while putting. Something Payne's father wrote down in notes for Payne, but given to his wife, to remind him of. She did so before the next round and, well, the fruit of those notes were clearly shown here.
Pretty neat!
Sadly, Phil McKee boy ended up traumatizing his own children with his rampages.
We have seen Tiger emotional, Sergio, Rory, Fred but this is idk how to put most honest real amotions coming from a man, just different champ
@@gasperstarina9837 Agreed. There is something different about this one, probably because it took him so long and also because we know what happened shortly after.
Stewart lost the open the year before. Made a clutch putt here to redeem himself. Participated in that magical Ryder Cup, then perished a month later. Crazy series of events.
Really loved the fire he brought to the game. He has been missed.
I nearly teared up when Payne said my chances might be on the short list...so haunting. RIP Payne
Held of the 3 best players of that generation Singh, Mickelson and Woods. Cant think of a more impressive open win
Instablaster...
Payne Stewart died in his prime. He was definitely better in his final years than his 20s!
Shades of 2007 when Cabrera outplayed Furyk and Woods
Els > Vijay IMO
Just finished binge watching the Masters for three days...the putt on 18 here was the most thrilling thing I have seen in a long time.I miss Payne Stewart.
Hell yeah USGA . Great job keeping us busy during these tough times
As many times as Phil has come agonizingly close to winning this great tournament, given the opportunity, I don't think even he would change the outcome. We're all so glad that Payne got to taste this victory. Rest in peace.
It never gets old watching this epic U.S. Open Championship! What a clutch putt by William Payne on 18!
16 as well
Still love watching this so many years later. Ayrton, Dale Sr., Greg Moore, Diana, Mother T. and Payne among others. It was a tough few years but great, great memories. RIP.
Agree with all except Child sex trafficker Mother Theresa.
USGA, need more of these please! This is what is getting me through the lockdown, Masters, Open and now U.S. Open.
17:09 Tiger
42:00 crazy birdie putt by Tiger
45:08 Payne birdies!
59:30 beautiful 4 iron
59:56 Mick just misses
1:09:45 the lone lucky bounce
1:14:08 Mick's lil dinky
1:14:26 Vijay's 99 spin rating
1:14:40 *lengthy* putt indeed
1:19:55 pressure by Payne
1:39:27 winner
1:03:10 bombs away for Eldrick
A😂😂😊❤
I remember watching this and thinking to myself "man this is one tough course". Still after all these years I still recall how crazy those putting greens and slopes were.
Loved this one. Johnny Miller nailing the prediction about Tiger waxing the field and he did it the next year by 15.
Johnny also nailed that prediction the week of Pebble Beach 2000.
It's been 21 years....Still love ya Payne. RIP Champion.
Never thought I’d say this.... but man I miss Johnny Miller doing the analysis !
I agree, I enjoyed his honesty even with a hint of sarcasm at times ⛳🤔
Never, ever will I want to hear him again. Could not stand him repeating the same garbage every single shot. Another in a line of pointless commentators who just tell me what I just saw.
By far my favorite U.S. OPEN of all time
Me too
Love ❤️ it
I just re watched this. I was 32 years old and a long time Payne Stewart fan in 1999. His love for the game of golf was evident and I loved his ability to show emotion as a child does. I was heartbroken when I heard my favorite golfer in the +4's died so unexpectedly and tragically. I miss what may have been to come on the links for Payne. God Speed my man!
Payne Stewart was such a class act and a great pressure player. It knocked me back when his plane crashed.
This was just one of the greatest tournaments of all time. Everything about it was just awesome. The players at the top of the leaderboard, the course and the champion. Not the mention the old NBC crew calling the action. What an awesome tournament and memory.
Yes one of my favorite US Open stories....sport is sport...but the human story makes the event. Payne just missed out the year before, and then wins this close one....then we say goodbye to him soon after. Yes this is one of my favorites, because Payne was such a good human being.
Payne Stewart.. THE SPIRIT OF GOLF.. ⛳🏌
Emotional to watch this, considering what he said at the trophy presentation, and then died so tragically just over four months later 😔😔😔.
RIP Payne.
Remember when baggy shirts (where the sleeves came down to the elbow) were the norm on the tour in the late 90's and early 2000's?
What a great man Payne was. See you in glory, my brother from another mother
Epic finish. Tragic lost for us all. You can't write a story like this.
Thank you so much for sharing..this was an absolute pleasure to watch!
God needed his Greatest warrior William Payne Stewart. My condolences to the family and to those who knew Payne. Godbless everyone of this world.
Gotta love that music intro and outro as well. Good days on the PGA tour, nothing like the US Open.
Such a great Open. Stacked leaderboard, incredible finish. RIP Payne, we love you.
@Walker Kelly I totally forgot that Tiger was right there at the end. It’s kind of mushed into everybody’s memory that it was a battle between Phil and Payne, but Tiger was just a few inches away from making that putt on 18 to tie Phil. Very easily could have been a 3 way playoff between them.
1:44:16 what a champ! To say to Phil: good luck with the baby you gonna be a father ! Tiger, Rory, Garcia they are emotional but I 've never seen so honest emotions like here...❤
I remember (vividly) watching this live. Mind Boggling to think Payne Stewart would've been in his mid-60s had he still been with us today.
just watched - tremendous - the pressure was off the charts - US Open clutch performance - RIP Payne
I loved Payne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a dope leaderboard... Payne, Phil, Tiger, Vijay, Duvall
I've just finished reading a great book called The Last Stand of Stewart Payne by Kevin Robbins. It's a must read for Payne Stewart fans.
That’s what brought me here!
And to think that cutting off the sleeves off his jacket prior to the start of the round “helped”him win. The little things.
This is a great US Open, thank you very much USGA. Its terrific to see this again, it really was a classic finish.
What a Grindr such a clutch player, Payne Stewart just made you want to pull for him, Thanks for the memories
Every time I watch this I feel so bad for Phil. It must be devastating to keep falling short by such a small margin. He really deserves at least 1 US open.
I don't feel bad for him at all.
Can't believe that was already 20 years ago. Feel like not long ago at all. Time flies way too fast.
What a great watch! Thank you for sharing.
I love how Phil knew it was over and almost wanted Payne to drain that last putt, smiling the whole way. Phil truly just loves golf what a legend
Revisionist history, eh? I don’t think we all remember it that way 😂
I’m not sure that’s true, but it makes for a nice story in hindsight.
I agree. Phil's expression never changed even as the ball dropped into the hole. It was like he knew Payne was going to make that putt!
Payne is the Legend. The other guy. Not so much.
I shot 78 on this course. Best round of my life. So hard.
This guy was so damn good... getting pounded the year before then winning. One of the greatest to hold a club.
"Pounded the year before"?
Payne nearly led wire-to-wire in 1998.
If it wasn't for 3 unlucky breaks he'd have won.
First, the hilariously unfair pin placement on Friday at 18 cost him a shot. His 8-footer for birdie rolled 20 feet by and he bogeyed.
In the final round, Janzen's tee shot on 5 landed in a tree. He was walking back to the tee to take a lost ball and some guy with binoculars yelled out that it fell out of the tree. Instead of a double bogey that costs him the championship (considering the way the rest of the round played out), he chips in for par.
Payne finally hits a fairway in the final round on 12 and it lands in a divot. You probably know what happened next.
That's what cost him in 1998 not any ridiculous " beatdown" as you claim.
Wow amazing coverage, thank you very much USGA. Baltusrol 80, Pebble 82, Shinnecock 04, Winged Foot 06, Merion 13 if possible please
Knowing he died shortly after is so tragic.
I mean, he even said "my opportunities are probably on the short list"
😭
He went out in style, though!!
Harris, Stewart, Campbell, Lee, Kaymer, Wie, and Ogletree: all impressive journeymen and journeywoman who have all conquered Pinehurst. I wonder who is next? 😀💁🏻♂️
My favorite golfer growing up as a young child. Taken away from us far too early. lost a great human being, family man, golfer. 🙏
Not that my comments matter. But I was 10 when this happened and didn’t care about golf at all…. Have always seen the “highlights” over the years, and after a recent pod I listened to, decided to come back and watch the whole thing. The tension, the nostalgia, everything is just so great. Payne holding off Tiger and Phil is just incredible, then add in the fact of him dying a few months later is just so ominous. I wish we could get back to this.
5:00 Totally forgot about former boxer Esteban 'right cross'Toledo👊👍
Great commentary by Johnny Miller and the rest of the crew. I miss them.
99년 나 중3때 생방으로 손에 땀을쥐고 숨죽여 보던 이 경기를 잊지못한다
What a year for golf. This open. Then the Open championship at Carnoustie and that drama. The 99 Ryder Cup.
This is exactly what I needed ⛳️
Lumpy’s pants show you how well he drove the ball that day.
Payne's tempo on #17 tee shot (@ 1:20:08) how does one make such a smooth swing under that much pressure? That swing is the one to copy!
What a great game.. no less than movie. Real competitio.. and rip stewart.
"..mine might be on a short list" How damned short 😭😭 may this hero RIP.
1:29:15
Roger: "This ball going down the right side...should be pretty good!"
Johnny: "No it isn't, it missed by 6 inches Rog in the heavy stuff and it went down. That is in trouble right there...with this wet rough I don't think he can hit the green unless he has a little better lie than I think."
Roger: "That's the first player I've seen Johnny that hasn't carried that bunker"
Johnny: "It's, uh, it's in that long rough, Rog, passed the bunker."
Johnny always has at least 3 dumb calls per broadcast but he's still uppity af
00:25 how do you forget a name like Payne?😂… and i guess this channel doesn’t do any editing
A top 5 us Open for me
What a gem!
Johnny Miller is a great commentator here
How did we watch golf before shot tracers?
I still get chills when Im by the 18th green at Pinehurst
Victor Kapustin love the statue of payne
1:46:53 Damn.
This broadcast always leaves me scratching my head, "why didn't Johnny Miller win more than 2 majors?" He knows everything.
In 1974 Miller won 8 times including 3 in a row. He was no TW but a damn good player..AND he's paid to voice his opinion .
It's one thing to know how do something and quite another to be able to do it
6 seconds for Phil is amazing
What driver was payne using?
"Mine might be on a short list."
...ow.
“Dave Stewart” ?
When he says to Phil, "You'll get yours", time is running out, I can only hope but it's not likely.
Yes he has wins in the other three majors but he has finished 2nd or tied 2nd in 6 of the US opens.
September at Winged Foot may just do the trick. Let us see.
Payne cut his sleeves off and looked so stylishhhh .
So many clutch putts! Unreal putting
Insane
would have loved to watch the whole video just way to many ads.
I think they put up a statue of him on the grounds at Pinehurst because of that putt
tiff hansen yep. I hugged it in 2011
A true gentleman even in victory has kind words for Phil
Johnny Miller "One of the greatest putts I've ever seen." Or ever will see.
He was insanely clutch at the end
So beautiful
daddy daddy look 👀 payne and phil ! i love them 💋
What do you think. About a two club difference from then to now?
i got stand on that green and visit the statue there last fall. some day i hope to play pinehurst
In his early 40s, Payne Stewart was in the form of his career. Horrendous tragedy.
Can you please upload the 2010 US Open “featured film” Rory at Congressional?
Stay tuned for Rory's film!
Rory won at Congressional in 2011.
So hard to watch the ending, I mean happines that he won it months before his death but knowledge he died few months later is just heartbreaking..
Gravity swing looks so smooth for Pain
woooow wonderful match
Gotta love Phil smiling during and after Stewart's putt went in... it's like he knew Payne wasn't missing
I think he was more content with the fact that he would get to fly back to be with his wife who was in labor with their 1st kid as opposed to having to stay for another day
Incredible looking at the swing speeds on hole 10 compared to now. Phil at 54 swings harder and faster these days than he did then. Payne's swing has a nice tempo but looks incredibly slow as well.
Whose shirt is tiger wearing
You must not have watched golf back then, this isn't the only time he wore a shirt that wasn't completely red in a final round.
Rod Smith maybe he meant it's so big?
Has No 2 now had all that rough taken out?
Yup....they restored it to its original condition. Totally looks different here in 1999 than it does now.
Course was playing really hard that day
1:47:33 Phil is gonna have the opportunities, mines might 've been on a short list😢
TIGER CHOKED ON 🍎🍎🍎. 😂😂😂 MISS READ SAME BREAK TWICE. JOHNY MILLER PLAYING THE PESSIMIST. EVERYONE WEARING COTTON AND BAGGY PANTS W PLEATS.. (COTTON DOCKERS) IN HUMID SOUTHERN CLIMATE AHHH YOU GOTTA LOVE 90S...👍👍👍👍
36:30 prescient commentary
we need rory 2011 highlights!
We have the 2011 film coming very soon. Stay tuned!
@@usga after 2011 please upload 2015 us open
@@usga Perfect! thank you very much...that win was something else...