Rich Beem
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| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | August 24, 1970 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg/11.8 st) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| College | New Mexico State University |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 1994 |
| Current tour | PGA Tour (joined 1999) |
| Professional wins | 5 (PGA Tour: 3, Other: 2) |
| Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 1 |
|
| Masters | T15: 2003 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2001, 2003-2007 |
| British Open | T20: 2007 |
| PGA Championship | Won 2002 |
Richard Michael Beem (born August 24, 1970) is an American professional 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.
Beem 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 1999 when Beem won the Kemper Open as an unheralded rookie. His career took a further leap forward, when hewon The International in Castle Rock, Colorado, in 2002, then the next week won the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National, one of golf's four major tournaments. He fended off Tiger Woods to win, who birdied his last four holes, but finished one shot behind Beem. 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 he and his caddy, Steve Duplantis.
Beem currently resides in Austin, Texas.
Contents |
[edit] Professional wins (5)
[edit] PGA Tour wins (3)
Major championship is shown in bold.
[edit] Other wins (2)
- 2002 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with John Daly and Jim Furyk), Hyundai Team Matches (with Peter Lonard)
[edit] Major championships
[edit] Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | 54 Holes | Winning Score | Margin | Runner Up |
| 2002 | PGA Championship | 3 shot deficit | -10 (72-66-72-68=278) | 1 stroke | Tiger Woods |
[edit] Results timeline
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T15 | CUT | CUT | T42 | 54 |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | T43 | T71 | CUT | CUT | T20 |
| PGA Championship | T70 | DNP | DNP | 1 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T49 | CUT |
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
- Profile on PGA Tour's official site
- Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site
