Deane R. Beman is an American

United States

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 professional golf

Golf

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er, golf administrator, and golf course architect.

Beman was born in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

, where he played for the varsity golf team. Following graduation, Beman had a career in the insurance

Insurance

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 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

Gary Cowan

Gary Cowan is a Canadian golfer who has achieved outstanding results at the highest class in amateur competition.-Biography:...

 for the 1966 U.S. Amateur. Beman turned professional in 1967 and won four times on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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 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

Commissioner

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 of the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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, serving from 1974 to 1994. He introduced The Players Championship

The Players Championship

The Players Championship is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour.Originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, the inaugural event in 1974 was played at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia before moving to the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas in 1975 and Inverrary...

 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

World Golf Hall of Fame

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 in 2000 and was awarded the seventh PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award

PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award

Created in 1996, the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award honors individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the PGA Tour over an extended period of time through their actions on and off the golf course....

 in 2007.

Beman currently designs golf courses.

Amateur wins (9)

• 1959 British Amateur
• 1960 U.S. Amateur, Eastern Amateur
  Eastern Amateur
  The Eastern Amateur is an annual amateur golf tournament. It has been played at Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club in Portsmouth, Virginia since 1957; the only exceptions were in 1977 when it was played at Sleepy Hole Golf Course in Suffolk, Virginia and in 1999 when it was played at nearby...
  
  , Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  The Trans-Mississippi Amateur or Trans-Miss Amateur is an annual golf tournament. It is organized by the Trans-Mississippi Golf Association and was first played in 1901. It is played at a different course each year that are located near or west of the Mississippi River. From 1987 to 2009, the field...
  
  
• 1961 Eastern Amateur
  Eastern Amateur
  The Eastern Amateur is an annual amateur golf tournament. It has been played at Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club in Portsmouth, Virginia since 1957; the only exceptions were in 1977 when it was played at Sleepy Hole Golf Course in Suffolk, Virginia and in 1999 when it was played at nearby...
  
  
• 1963 U.S. Amateur, Eastern Amateur
  Eastern Amateur
  The Eastern Amateur is an annual amateur golf tournament. It has been played at Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club in Portsmouth, Virginia since 1957; the only exceptions were in 1977 when it was played at Sleepy Hole Golf Course in Suffolk, Virginia and in 1999 when it was played at nearby...
  
  
• 1964 Eastern Amateur
  Eastern Amateur
  The Eastern Amateur is an annual amateur golf tournament. It has been played at Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club in Portsmouth, Virginia since 1957; the only exceptions were in 1977 when it was played at Sleepy Hole Golf Course in Suffolk, Virginia and in 1999 when it was played at nearby...
  
  , Porter Cup
  Porter Cup
  The Porter Cup is a 72-hole, medal-play elite amateur golf tournament held annually at the Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston, New York. It was first played in 1959 and over the years has hosted some of the biggest names in golf...
  
  

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 1970 PGA Tour The 1970 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to December 13. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below....	Greater Milwaukee Open	-12 (68-71-68-69=276)	3 strokes	Don Massengale Don Massengale Donald Ray Massengale, Sr. was an American professional golfer who won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.-Career:...
3	Oct 1, 1972 1972 PGA Tour The 1972 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to December 3. The season consisted of 46 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, seven, and there were five first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below....	Quad Cities Open	-5 (72-69-71-67=279)	1 stroke	Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
4	Jul 15, 1973 1973 PGA Tour The 1973 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to December 1. The season consisted of 48 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, seven, and there were seven first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.-Tournament results:The following...	Shrine-Robinson Open Golf Classic	-13 ( 69-68-67-67=271)	1 stroke	Bob Dickson Bob Dickson Robert B. Dickson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Dickson was born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was introduced to golf at the age of five by his father, Ben, a club pro/manager at the McAlester Country Club, and later club pro at the Muskogee... ,   Bunky Henry Bunky Henry George Walter "Bunky" Henry, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.Henry was born in Valdosta, Georgia. He attended Georgia Tech on a football scholarship, where he also played golf...

Amateur wins (3)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1959	The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...	3 & 2	Bill Hyndman Bill Hyndman William Hyndman III was an American amateur golfer.Hyndman was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Hyndman won many amateur tournaments, over an almost 50 year span, including the U.S. Senior Amateur twice . He was runner-up in four major amateur tournaments, the 1955 U.S. Amateur and the 1959, 1969,...
1960	U.S. Amateur	6 & 4	Robert W. Gardner
1963	U.S. Amateur	2 & 1	R. H. Sikes R. H. Sikes Richard H. Sikes is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.A native of Paris, Arkansas, Sikes had a stellar amateur and college career as a member of the golf team at the University of Arkansas. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in 1961 and 1962. In...

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 U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	T12	T14 LA	CUT	CUT	T11 LA	T30	-
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	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 The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	-

Professional

Tournament	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	-	CUT	T19
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T6	CUT	T2
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	T13	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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 U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT	T55	CUT	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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 U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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
  Walker Cup
  The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland...
  
  : 1959 (winners), 1961 (winners), 1963 (winners), 1965 (winners)
• Eisenhower Trophy
  Eisenhower Trophy
  The Eisenhower Trophy is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. It is named for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the President of the United States when the tournament was first played, who was a keen amateur golfer. Recent tournaments have...
  
  : 1960 (winners), 1962 (winners), 1964, 1966

External links

• World Golf Hall of fame bio