Rich Beem
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Rich Beem (born August 24, 1970), is an American golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Beem was born in Phoenix, Arizona, grew up in El Paso, Texas, and played golf at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
He turned professional in 1994. His early career was largely unassuming, and even broken up by a spell in Seattle selling car stereos and cell phones to make ends meet.
This changed in 2002, when Beem won that year's PGA Championship at Hazeltine National, one of golf's four major tournaments. His victory came at the expense of Tiger Woods, who was one shot behind. This victory helped establish him in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Until this win, Beem was best known for the book Bud, Sweat and Tees: A Walk on the Wild Side of the PGA Tour by Alan Shipnuck, which profiled his rookie year on the PGA Tour and the often wild lifestyle of him and his caddy, Steve Duplantis.
He currently resides in Austin, Texas.
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[edit] PGA Tour wins (3)
- 1999 Kemper Open
- 2002 The INTERNATIONAL, PGA Championship
Major championship is shown in bold.
[edit] Other wins
- 2002 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with John Daly and Jim Furyk)
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T15 | CUT | CUT | T42 |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | T43 | T71 | CUT | CUT |
| PGA Championship | T70 | DNP | DNP | 1 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T49 |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
[edit] External links
- PGA Tour biography
- Golf Stars Online Directory of interviews, websites and feature articles with or about Rich Beem
- Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site
