1999 US Open Pinehurst #2 Print Signed by Payne Stewart

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/9/2012

Hall of Famer Payne Stewart won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only three months before he died in September of 1999. He won eleven Tour events, including the 1989 PGA Championship and the U.S. Open in 1991 and 1999. His last victory of his career was the memorable Fathers Day 1999 United States Open triumph at Pinehurst#2. The 18th hole was extremely emotional that day as Stewart drained a long putt to capture the Championship, and then consoled playing partner and second place finisher Phil Mickelson who was an expectant Father of his first child the next day. Just as he drilled the victory putt at Pinehurst, Stewart has drilled the autograph on this Official poster of the 99th U.S. Open. He has placed his signature dead center on poster in black sharpie "10". JSA letter of authenticity will be included with this lot. This Lot is Part of the Donnie Wanstall Collection. The Golf Auction is excited to have been selected to auction off the Donnie Wanstall collection. Donnie was a PGA Tour caddy for many years carrying the bag for such major champions as Mark O'Meara, Curtis Strange, Tom Watson, and top PGA pros such as John Cook, Tom Purtzer and others. Donnie is a member of the Professional Caddies Association and was on the bag for 14 PGA tour wins and several Ryder Cup victories. In 1994 Donnie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the Players Championship. Here is a link to an article about Donnie: http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/101901/pat_7592533.html His collection was amassed over many years of collecting items while on Tour as well as the kindness of many of his PGA friends and players. In 1994 there was a famous fundraising auction that netted over $150,000 for Donnie and helped to establish the formation of the Caddies Assistance Fund. At that auction PGA players such as Payne Stewart and others took the microphone to help auction off memorabilia to support the cause. Since then, Mark O'Meara has also been of assistance to Donnie in seeing that Tiger Woods autographed items from his major victories. Many of these items are up for bid, please select the Donnie Wanstall collection link on the left hand side of the page. All of these items come from Donnie directly with the items and autographs being directly obtained by him. The Golf Auction wishes to be a part of the fight to find a cure for MS and will donate five percent (5%) of the gross sale price realized from the Wanstall collection to multiple sclerosis research.