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, Greensboro bureau chief for WUNC. He tweets @j_tibs.
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