Darren Beck

Darren Beck
Personal information
Born	14 July 1978 (1978-07-14) (age 33) South Africa
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Career
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	Asian Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour	1
Other	2

Darren Beck (born 14 July 1978) is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Asian Tour.

Beck was born in South Africa and moved to Australia at the age of seven. He turned professional in 2004. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's qualifying school in 2004 and played on the PGA Tour of Australasia in 2005 and 2007. He won the Queensland PGA Championship in 2006 and 2008 in Australia. Beck joined the Asian Tour in 2008 after going through qualifying school in 2007. He finished in 29th on the Order of Merit in his rookie season and recorded a runner-up finish at the Hero Honda Indian Open. He won his first tour event in 2009 at the Brunei Open in dramatic fashion. Beck was six strokes off the lead going into the final round and shot a 65 (-6) on Sunday to force a playoff with Gaganjeet Bhullar and Boonchu Ruangkit. Boonchu was eliminated on the second playoff hole and Beck won the tournament on the third playoff hole when he sunk a 10-foot birdie putt while Bhullar could only par the hole.^[1]

Professional wins (3)

Asian Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	2 Aug 2009	Brunei Open	-13 (71-67-68-65=271)	Playoff	Gaganjeet Bhullar, Boonchu Ruangkit

Other wins (2)

• 2006 Queensland PGA Championship
• 2008 Queensland PGA Championship

References

1. ^ Beck Lifts Maiden Title

External links

• Darren Beck at the Asian Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Beck, Darren
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	14 July 1978
Place of birth	South Africa
Date of death
Place of death