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Remembering Payne Stewart As U.S. Open Begins

By Jeff Tiberii
Published June 12, 2014 at 12:55 PM EDT
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A statue of Payne Stewart is next to the 18th green at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, N.C., where the 114th U.S. Open is taking place this week. Stewart won the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst and struck this pose after clinching the win. (John Mummert/USGA)

Many of the best golfers in the world are in Pinehurst, North Carolina, today for the start of the U.S. Open. The match will played on the recently restored course Pinehurst No. 2.

Fifteen years ago, a golfer named Payne Stewart won the tournament in Pinehurst, N.C., but died in a plane crash just four months later.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Jeff Tiberii of WUNC reports from Pinehurst.

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Jeff Tiberii
Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.
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