Champions Tour 2008 Guide - PGA TOUR Media

Andy Bean (Continued)starts with 343 cuts made in his career...Amassed$3,531,780 in career earnings...Five times he finished inthe top 10 on the money list with third-place finishes inboth 1978 and 1984...Was fourth in both 1980 and 1986and was seventh in 1979...In a three-year span (1978-80),won five times, including three times in 1978 and finishedin the top 10 a total of 32 times in 89 appearances...Mostlucrative season came in 1986 when he won $491,938 withtwo victories and was fourth on the money list...Three-timewinner of the Doral-Eastern Open...Claimed two victories inplayoffs. Defeated Lee Trevino to win the 1978 DannyThomas Memphis Classic and bested Bill Rogers to winthe Western Open the same year...T2 with Hale Irwin at1983 British Open, one stroke behind winner Tom Watson.Was a two-time runner-up at the PGA Championship (1980and 1989)...Member of the 1979 and 1987 American RyderCup teams, and also played for the U.S. squad in the 1984U.S. vs. Japan matches...Low round of his career was athird-round 61 that was instrumental in his victory at the1979 Atlanta Classic...Had an outstanding amateur career,winning 1974 Eastern and Falstaff Amateurs and 1975Dixie and Western Amateurs...All-America at theUniversity of Florida...Winner of the 1978 Dunlop Phoenixin Japan...First played in a professional event in 1974when he qualified for the U.S. Open as an amateur andfinished T64 at Winged Foot...Has made three holes-inonein competition.PERSONAL:Lived in Jekyll Island, GA, as a child where his father wasassociated with a golf course. His family moved toLakeland when he was 15 and his father bought a golfcourse there...Dream would be to fly a jet and land it on acarrier...Lists Doral, Butler National and Pebble Beach ashis favorite golf courses...Favorite athletes are JackNicklaus and Arnold Palmer...Enjoys listening to Toby Keithand Garth Brooks. Favorite TV show is “Miami Vice”reruns...Enjoys Clint Eastwood movies. Favorite books areHomer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey...Is an avid follower ofUniversity of Florida sports.Chip BeckEXEMPT STATUS: Net-70 on All-Time Money ListFULL NAME: Charles Henry BeckHEIGHT: 5-10WEIGHT: 170BIRTHDATE: September 12, 1956BIRTHPLACE: Fayetteville, NCRESIDENCE: Lake Forest, ILPLAYER STATISTICSMISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2007 Low Round: 64–2007 The Principal Charity Classic/3Career Low Round: 63–2 times, most recent 2006 GreaterHickory Classic at Rock Barn/1Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $240,000–2006 GreaterHickory Classic at Rock Barn/1MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICSCareer Low Round: 61–1979 Atlanta Classic/3Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $108,000–1986 ByronNelson Golf Classic/1SEE SECTION 6 FOR COMPLETE PGA TOUR SUMMARYFAMILY: Wife, Karen; Charles (11/12/83), Elizabeth(3/16/87), Mary Catherine (7/7/90), Anne Marie (5/28/92),John (5/17/93), Carl Henry (10/30/95)CLUB AFFILIATION: Merit Club (Libertyville, IL)EDUCATION: University of Georgia (1978, Journalism)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Landscaping, water skiing, paddletennisTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1978JOINED PGA TOUR: 1979SECTION2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIESJOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2006BEST CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREERFINISHES: 2—2006 AT&T Championship, T2—2006SAS Championship.2007 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:65th - 84 pointsPGA TOUR VICTORIES (4): 1988 Los Angeles OpenPresented by Nissan, USF&G Classic. 1990 Buick Open.1992 Freeport-McMoRan Golf Classic.PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $6,205,730BEST 2007 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES:T8—3M Championship; T10—The Principal CharityClassic.2007 SEASON:Just out of the top 50 on the 2007 official money list in hisfirst full-season on the circuit...Had just two top-10s in 22appearances during the campaign, with both comingduring the summer...Fast finish in early August at the 3MChampionship allowed him to T8 in Minnesota. Finalround66 at TPC Twin Cities featured a back-nine 29,establishing the low nine-hole score on the circuit in 2007.After making birdie at No. 14 Sunday, holed a 6-iron shotfor an eagle at No. 15 (followed by Jay Haas’ eagle onsame hole in the next grouping) and then finished theround with three straight birdies to also record the bestbirdie-eagle run on the Champions Tour in 2007...Also T10at The Principal Charity Classic in June...Final-round 66 atthe Constellation Energy Senior Players Championshipvaulted him up into a T13, his best performance in a seniormajor...Forced to withdraw early in the final round of theBank of America Championship due to a rotator cuff injuryto his left shoulder.CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:2006: Among the top five in four of his first fiveappearances on the Champions Tour and was par or betterin all 13 rounds played...Debuted on the circuit nearBaltimore and was T5 in his first start at the ConstellationEnergy Classic just five days after turning 50. Closed witha 6-under-par 66 Sunday and got within a shot of the leadwith a pair of late birdies, but eventually ended threestrokes behind winner Bob Gilder...Was a solo third-placefinisher in his next appearance at the Greater HickoryClassic at Rock Barn, posting three consecutive rounds inthe 60s. Closed at 5-under-par on the back nine andeventually placed two strokes out of a playoff with R.W.Eaks and eventual-winner Andy Bean...The next week wasT2 at the weather-shortened SAS Championship nearRaleigh...Other runner-up effort came in his last start ofthe year at the AT&T Championship. Final-round 65 at OakHills was the low round of the day and gave him the leadlate Sunday. Eventually lost by one stroke when Fred FunkCHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank2006 5 2 1 4 5 $505,467 352007 22 2 9 361,779 51Total 27 2 1 6 14 867,246COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $7,178,513CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 07Senior PGA ChampionshipT19Constellation Energy Senior Players T13Senior British OpenT70JELD-WEN TraditionT18CHAMPIONS TOUR YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSScoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy2006 68.08 (N/A) 1.721 (N/A) 78.2 (N/A) 268.9 (N/A) 72.3 (N/A)2007 71.54 (42) 1.774 (T24) 67.4 (39) 273.3 (T38) 63.3 (69)PGATOUR.COMChampions Tour 2008 Guide2-9