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Matt Cradock

USGA Honoring Payne Stewart With Special 18th Hole Flag At US Open

Payne Stewart fist pumps on the 18th hole during the 1999 US Open.

The 1999 US Open is remembered as one of the most dramatic in the event's history, with Payne Stewart and Phil Mickelson doing battle down the stretch in an epic duel.

Eventually, it was Stewart who holed a 15-foot par putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory and his second US Open scalp but, in extremely sad circumstances, the American passed away just four months later in a plane crash.

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