Deane Beman

Deane Beman
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Deane R. Beman
Born	(1938-04-22) April 22, 1938 Washington, D.C.
Height	5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	University of Maryland
Turned professional	1967
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T19: 1969
U.S. Open	T2: 1969
The Open Championship	T13: 1967
PGA Championship	T36: 1972
U.S. Amateur	Won: 1960, 1963
British Amateur	Won: 1959
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2000 (member page)
PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award	2007

Deane R. Beman (born April 22, 1938) is an American professional golfer, golf administrator, and golf course architect.

Beman was born in Washington, D.C. and attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was a two-time All-American on the varsity golf team.^[1]

Following graduation, Beman had a career in the insurance field. During his golf career, Beman qualified for his first U.S. Open at age 17 in 1955. He qualified for the Masters Tournament 14 times. He won the U.S. Amateur twice and the British Amateur once. He also lost a playoff to Gary Cowan for the 1966 U.S. Amateur.

Beman turned professional in 1967 at age 29 and won four times on the PGA Tour between 1969 and 1973. Beman led for two rounds at the 1969 U.S. Open and finished one shot out of a playoff. He was a short hitter by top-class standards, with an outstanding short game, and was renowned as one of the best putters in the world. Injuries curtailed his playing career. He retired as a player and closed his business practice to become Commissioner because he believed he could contribute more to the sport as a commissioner than he ever could as a player.^[1]

Beman was the second commissioner of the PGA Tour, serving from 1974 to 1994. He introduced The Players Championship concept during this time, and developed the Tournament Players Club network of courses around the United States, along with Tour-branded clothing, expanding the Tour's financial clout. He converted the Tour into a 501-c6 organization, one of several moves that would transform the Tour's financial fortunes. He introduced pension plans for Tour players.

Under his watch, the Tour's board passed a policy requiring all tournaments to support a charitable initiative. Tour charitable contributions grew from less than $1 million a year in 1974 to more than $30 million in 1994.^[1] He is the architect of the Tour's successful television model, which still exists today.

He formed the Senior PGA Tour, now known as the Champions Tour, for players 50 and older in 1980 and the Ben Hogan Tour (now known as the Web.com Tour) as golf's developmental circuit in 1990. In 1983, the Tour expanded the number of exempt players from the top-60 on the season money list to the top-125.

At a February 28, 1994 meeting, the Tour's Board approved the capstone of his legacy, The Presidents Cup, an international competition. Later during that same meeting, Beman announced his plan to retire. It was the 20th anniversary of his appointment as Tour commissioner. From $400,000 in assets in 1974, when Beman succeeded Dey, the Tour reported $260 million in assets in 1994 when Beman resigned.^[1]

He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000 and was awarded the seventh PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.^[2]

After stepping down as Commissioner in June 1994, Beman resumed his playing career, and competed in 69 Senior PGA Tour events through the 2005 Constellation Energy Classic. He co-designed Cannon Ridge Golf Club, which opened in 2003, with architect Bobby Weed. He still plays regularly, as he likes to say, "only once a day."

A book chronicling his 20-year tenure as Commissioner was published in 2011, entitled "Deane Beman: Golf's Driving Force," by Adam Schupak.

Amateur wins (9)

1959 British Amateur
1960 U.S. Amateur, Eastern Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Amateur
1961 Eastern Amateur
1963 U.S. Amateur, Eastern Amateur
1964 Eastern Amateur, Porter Cup

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 11, 1969	Texas Open Invitational	–10 (70-69-70-65=274)	Playoff	Jack McGowan
2	Jul 12, 1970	Greater Milwaukee Open	–12 (68-71-68-69=276)	3 strokes	Don Massengale
3	Oct 1, 1972	Quad Cities Open	–5 (72-69-71-67=279)	1 stroke	Tom Watson
4	Jul 15, 1973	Shrine-Robinson Open Golf Classic	–13 ( 69-68-67-67=271)	1 stroke	Bob Dickson, Bunky Henry

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1968	Bob Hope Desert Classic	Arnold Palmer	Lost to par on second extra hole
2	1969	Texas Open Invitational	Jack McGowan	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (2)

1966 Maryland Open (as an amateur)
1971 Quad Cities Open (not an official PGA Tour event)

Major championships

Amateur wins (3)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1959	The Amateur Championship	3 & 2	Bill Hyndman
1960	U.S. Amateur	6 & 4	Robert W. Gardner
1963	U.S. Amateur	2 & 1	R. H. Sikes

Results timeline

Amateur

Tournament	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T29	CUT	CUT	DNP	T25 LA	49	CUT	T42
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	T12	T14 LA	CUT	CUT	T11 LA	T30	–
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	–
U.S. Amateur	DNP	R128	R32	QF	R128	1	R128	R32	1	R64	101	2	–
The Amateur Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	–

Professional

Tournament	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	–	CUT	T19
U.S. Open	T6	CUT	T2
The Open Championship	T13	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	T23	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	T55	CUT	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T55	T46	T36	T51	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
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	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Note: Beman turned professional between the 1967 Masters and U.S. Open.
LA = Low amateur
DNP = Did not play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Source for The Masters: www.masters.com

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for British Open: www.opengolf.com

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1959 (winners), 1961 (winners), 1963 (winners), 1965 (winners)
Eisenhower Trophy: 1960 (winners), 1962 (winners), 1964, 1966

References

1 2 3 4 Schupak, Adam (2011). Deane Beman: Golf's Driving Force. East Cottage Press. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-615-45879-3.
↑ "Beman named seventh recipient of the Tour's Lifetime Achievement Award". PGA Tour. May 9, 2007. Retrieved March 2, 2012.

External links

Deane Beman at the PGA Tour official site
World Golf Hall of fame profile

Preceded by Joseph Dey	Commissioner of the PGA Tour 1974-1994	Succeeded by Tim Finchem

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau 2016 Curtis Luck

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 171269676

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