- [Narrator] Golf is also a game of contrast.

[crowd cheers] - [Dick] And he's back on top.

Great stuff.

- [Narrator] A game of tradition and rock and roll, all at once, - [Dick] 42-year-old, Payne Stewart.

Back into the share of the lead with Mickelson.

- [Narrator] It was a moment that, uh, really, I think this, this course and in some ways the US Open came of age.

- [Dick] This one piped right down the center.

John, he's swinging better as the day goes on.

- [Jim] You have Phil Mickelson, who was the rising star.

- [Dick] Well, you fans of South Paws, you'll be rooting for the lefty today, Phil Mickelson, he's with Roger Maltbie.

- [Roger] Phil, who's more nervous today, you or Amy?

- [Narrator] The storylines of the week, certainly Phil Mickelson, whose wife Amy was getting ready to give birth to their first child.

- So I think Amy's gonna be a little bit more nervous, but obviously with, with the opportunity to win my first major, there's some nerves out there.

- [Dick] Here comes the leader after 54 holes, Payne Stewart.

- [Narrator] And then of course Payne Stewart had already won a US Open, but had lost, uh, in such almost kind of a tragic way at the Olympic Club the year prior.

- [Interviewer] Good luck to you.

- Thanks John.

- [Narrator] One of the coolest moments of the day was the players at the time to get to the first tee had to cross the 18th fairway, and there was just like this thunderous applause, you know, and these guys were really, really into it there in the gallery, even though we weren't gonna see these guys for four or five hours.

Just, it was a really special moment.

Kind of a, you know, make the hair on your arms stand up a little bit, just, you know, you're kind of heading into battle a little bit.

It was a little bit like walking into the coliseum and the place went nuts.

And those guys, you know, went over to the first hole and teed off.

- [Starter] Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final pairing.

- [Dick] Roger, what's the mood out there?

Are they really vocally for both guys or Phil or what?

- [Roger] Both guys.

I mean, I've heard many cheers for both players.

I, I couldn't lean one way or the other.

It sounded at the first tee as though the ovation was a little louder for Phil Mickelson, but a lot of Payne Stewart fans out there.

- [Narrator] Payne had experienced very great highs, but in many ways was kind of remembered for the ones that got away.

At the 16th hole he had a chip shot from around the green that he, that he did not play well, and that really set the stage.

He and Phil now are even going to 17, the 71st hole.

[encouraging shouts from the gallery] - [Dick] He starts, the shot starts just left of the hole cutting just right of the hole.

[gallery cheers loudly] - [Dick] What a shot.

- [Narrator] Payne stuffed it in there about four feet, it was just- Phil followed with another brilliant shot, to about five feet.

[crowd cheers loudly] - [Dick] What a shot.

You're kidding me.

- [Narrator] Phil missed.

[crowd cheers loudly] - [Dick] One hole to play.

Stewart leads by one.

[crowd cheers loudly] - Perfect.

He's got a chance to catch Payne.

[gallery shouts encouragement] - On the side slope there.

The ball below his feet.

- [Narrator] Phil had an eight iron in there as he pulled it a little bit, but the greens were softer now because of the mist, and the ball hung up on the right side of the green rather than releasing down.

- [Mike] I, I, I was preparing myself for a Monday finish, for a playoff.

- [Dick] They're all square for all intents and purposes.

A test of will and a test of putters, isn't it?

- [Mike] Yep.

And he hit a really good putt.

It looked good for a long time, but it missed, and that, you know, gave Payne the open door.

[dramatic music plays] [crowds cheers wildly] - [Narrator] Kids who were there will grow up remembering what they witnessed.

And those people who saw Payne Stewart battle Phil Mickelson on Father's Day in the kind of fog and mist, and make that putt to win and hurl his arm into the air and rise up on one leg won't forget that.

[crowd cheers loudly] - [Man With White Cap] Hey, Dwayne, I really want to show you something special here.

- [Dwayne] Okay.

- [Man With White Cap] Man, this, this is, this is what it was all about in 1999.

The hole location is exactly where Payne Stewart putted to in '99.

And, of course, here's the statue with his famous pose.

[Dwayne chuckling] And that, that was uh, just an incredibly exciting moment in the, in the history of American golf really.

- And you were there, watching.

- I was standing right back here in the crowd, back right at this road and- - Take me through it.

- Well, it was a overcast, foggy day in Pinehurst, probably in the low sixties.

It was a mist in the air.

I remember remarking that this was a day that a guy with knickers had to win the US Open.

[Dwayne chuckles] It was just that kind of a Scottish overcast day.

And then, so Payne is locked into a battle with Phil Mickelson right to the end.

And Payne birdied the 17th hole.

And then on 18 he drove it in the rough, and he had to lay up, and then he hit his third shot on about 18 feet away.

And then he made the putt to win by, by a shot.

- As you watched it, what, what were you thinking?

When did you think, "This is going in"?

- When it went in, right- [both guys laughing] - Uh, it, uh, y'know he hit a great putt.

He, he knew what that putt would do.

He had practiced that particular putt during the practice rounds and it went in, and then the, again, the whole day was just so unique here from June, the weather, and Payne cut the sleeves off of a long sleeve shirt to have the vest.

And that kind of started a fashion trend in golf really.

And then, of course, several months later, Payne dies tragically - Sure.

in the airplane crash.

And, and so that, that '99 Open from so many angles and ways was really an incredibly special event.

- Do you remember what you said to him afterwards?

- I just said, "Great putt," and of course he was so excited.

Remember he grabbed Phil by, by his, kind of his shoulders and said, you know, "You'll have your time and you're gonna be a father."

A really interesting story, there was a photographer here all week.

He didn't take any pictures.

And the final round, he positions himself up here on top of the clubhouse and he has his camera ready, and he snapped the picture as the ball went in, and Payne does his fist pump.

[Dwayne laughs] And it was a spectacular photograph.

And it's called "One Moment in Time."

Just captured the moment perfectly.

And it was the only photograph he took all week.

- Smart guy [chuckling].

- [Man With White Cap] Smart guy.

Exactly.

- So you could play that if you are out here playing number two, you can get that pin placement.

- Yeah, well, it depends.

- All the time?

- No, no.

There's some, like one day, on Sundays, they, they put it somewhere close to where Payne putted it in 1999.

So, uh, resort guests and members do get to play to that whole location on occasion, yes.

- [Dwayne] So how many times have you hit that putt?

- [Man With White Cap] A few times.

[Dwayne laughing] - [Dwayne} Alright.