Deane Beman

Deane Beman
Personal information
Full name	Deane R. Beman
Born	April 22, 1938 (1938-04-22) (age 73) 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	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
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 graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he played for the varsity golf team. Following graduation, Beman had a career in the insurance field. During his golf career, 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 and won four times on the PGA Tour between 1969 and 1973. 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.

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 a network of Tournament Players Club courses around the U.S., along with Tour-logoed clothing, expanding the Tour's financial clout. He introduced pension plans for Tour players. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000 and was awarded the seventh PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.^[1]

Beman currently designs golf courses.

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

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

Other wins (1)

• 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
The Masters	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
The Masters	-	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
The Masters	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
The Masters	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
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R256, 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. ^ pgatour.com -Beman named seventh recipient of the Tour's Lifetime Achievement Award

External links

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

Preceded by Joseph Dey

Commissioner of the PGA Tour 1974-1994

Succeeded by Tim Finchem

Persondata
Name	Beman, Deane
Alternative names	Beman, Deane R.
Short description	Professional golfer, PGA Tour commissioner
Date of birth	April 22, 1938
Place of birth	Washington, D.C.
Date of death
Place of death