Rich Beem

Rich Beem
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	Richard Michael Beem
Born	(1970-08-24) August 24, 1970 Phoenix, Arizona
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Austin, Texas
Career
College	New Mexico State University
Turned professional	1994
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour (1999–2012) European Tour (2012)
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
Other	2
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T15: 2003
U.S. Open	T78: 2008
The Open Championship	T20: 2007
PGA Championship	Won: 2002

Richard Michael Beem (born August 24, 1970) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and is best known for his upset victory at the 2002 PGA Championship.

Beem was born in Phoenix, Arizona, grew up in El Paso, Texas, and played college golf at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.

Beem turned professional in 1994. His early career was broken up by a spell in Seattle selling car stereos and cell phones. He later regained interest after J. P. Hayes won the 1998 Buick Classic .

This changed in 1999 when Beem won the Kemper Open as a rookie. His career took a further leap forward in 2002 with a victory at the The International in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Two weeks later, Beem won the 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National, one of golf's four major tournaments. He shot a par 72 in the first round, but followed that with a six-under 66 in the second round to pull into a five-way tie for first place. In the third round, he again shot 72 and found himself alone in second place, three strokes behind leader Justin Leonard. In the fourth round, Beem fended off Tiger Woods, who birdied his last four holes but finished one shot behind Beem, who shot a final round 68 to Woods' 67. This victory helped establish Beem in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

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.

At the 2007 Nissan Open at Riviera, Beem made a hole-in-one at the 14th hole on live television on Saturday to win a new red Altima coupe, which he immediately ascended, embraced, and sat atop of in triumph. The sequence was later made into a Nissan commercial. (video) Beem credited Peter Jacobsen for inspiring his reaction; Jacobsen aced the same hole in 1994 and hopped into the nearby 300ZX convertible and pretended to drive it.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Beem was sidelined in 2010 after undergoing back surgery to repair damage to his C6 and C7 vertebrae. While Beem was expected to only miss six weeks, rehabilitation issues caused the layoff to encompass the remainder of the 2010 season. Beem played the 2011 season on a medical exemption that required him to make $658,100 in 17 events. He missed the his first six cuts of the 2011 season before making the cut at the Valero Texas Open. He finished tied for 15th. Beem made just five cuts in 21 events. As a result, he lost his tour card and played the remainder of the season out of the "past champions" category in 2012. He played on the European Tour in 2012, the last year of his ten-year exemption on that tour for winning the 2002 PGA Championship.^[4]

In 2015, Beem joined Sky Sports as a television commentator and golf analyst.^[5] He also planned to play at the UBS Hong Kong Open, but gave up his sponsor exemption to allow Ian Poulter to keep his European Tour card.^[6]

Beem resides in Austin, Texas.

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (3)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 30, 1999	Kemper Open	−10 (66-67-71-70=274)	1 stroke	Bill Glasson, Bradley Hughes
2	Aug 4, 2002	The International	44 points (10-0-15-19=44)*	1 point	Steve Lowery
3	Aug 18, 2002	PGA Championship	−10 (72-66-72-68=278)	1 stroke	Tiger Woods

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2005	BellSouth Classic	Arjun Atwal, Brandt Jobe, Phil Mickelson, José María Olazábal	Mickelson won with birdie on fourth extra hole Olazábal eliminated with par on third hole Atwal and Jobe eliminated with par on first hole

*The International used Modified Stableford scoring.

Other wins (2)

2002 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with John Daly and Jim Furyk), Hyundai Team Matches (with Peter Lonard)

Major championships

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

Results timeline

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T15	CUT	CUT	T42	54	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T78	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T43	T71	CUT	CUT	T20	WD	DNP
PGA Championship	T70	DNP	DNP	1	CUT	CUT	CUT	T49	CUT	CUT	T43

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT	T36	CUT	CUT	CUT	T73

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
WD = Withdrew
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Wins	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	5	3
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	7	1
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	7	3
PGA Championship	1	1	1	1	15	6
Totals	1	1	1	3	34	13

Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2002 PGA – 2003 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

References

↑ "Nissan Open Championship - An Interview with Rich Beem" (PDF). Sports Transcripts.com. February 17, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
↑ "Profile - Rich Beem". PGA Tour. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
↑ "Beem may be '1' to watch again". Los Angeles Times. February 18, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
↑ "Notebook: Beem decides to give Europe a try". PGA Tour. April 24, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
↑ "Former PGA champion Rich Beem joins the Sky Sports Golf team". Sky Sports. January 12, 2015.
↑ Ferguson, Doug (October 20, 2015). "Rich Beem explains decision to step aside for Ian Poulter in Hong Kong". PGA of America. Associated Press.

External links

Official website
Rich Beem at the PGA Tour official site
Rich Beem at the European Tour official site
Rich Beem at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day 2016 Jimmy Walker

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

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