Name: CHIP BECK
Birthdate: September 12, 1956
Birth Place: Fayetteville, N.C.
Age: 52 Ht.: 5'10" Wt.: 170
Home: Lake Forest, Ill.
College: Georgia
Turned Professional: 1978
Joined PGA Tour: 1979
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 0-2
PGA Tour Victories: 4 - 1988 Los Angeles Open, USF&G Classic, 1990 Buick Open, 1992 Freeport-
McMoRan Classic
Player Notes: Started playing golf at age 10 when he attended a clinic that was given by the head professional at the Highland Golf Club in Fayetteville, N.C. Once he started to hit balls, he was hooked... A journalism major at the University of Georgia, he enjoyed considerable success on the Bulldog golf team. As a senior, he was named the Athlete of the Year and that's the first time a golfer had ever been honored at Georgia... Since joining the Tour in 1979, he was one of the most consistent players, not only cracking the top 125, 16 straight years between 1981 and 1996, but finishing in the top 25 between 1987 and 1993... Member of the 1989, '91 and '93 Ryder Cup Team...
1990 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 25; in money - 21; top ten finishes - 7; scoring average 70.72 (ranked 44th); money - $571,816 (ranked 17th)... On October 11, 1991, Beck put his Name: with Al Geiberger’s as the only players to shoot 59 in a Tour event with his 13-birdie, no-bogey round during the third round of the Las Vegas Invitational.
1991 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 26; in money - 22; top ten finishes - 6; scoring average 70.12 (ranked 9th); money - $578,535 (ranked 16th); best finish - 2nd Buick Open...
1992 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 26; in money - 21; top ten finishes - 7; scoring average 70.47 (ranked T-27th); money - $689,704 (ranked 17th); Winner Freeport McMoRan Classic...
1993 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 26; in money - 18; top ten finishes - 5; scoring average 70.77 (ranked 50th); money - $603,376 (ranked 25th); best finish - 2nd, Masters and Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic.
1994 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 27; in money - 19; top ten finishes - 1; scoring average 70.60 (ranked T-39th); money - $281,131 (ranked 68th); best finish - 3rd, Los Angeles Open.
1995 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 29; in money - 19; top ten finishes - 1; scoring average 71.35 (ranked T-103rd); money - $170,081 (ranked 111th); best finish - 9th, United Airlines Hawaiian Open.
1996 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 29; in money - 16; top ten finishes - 1; scoring average 71.56 (ranked 135th); money - $228,127 (ranked 98th); best finish - 2nd, Buick Open.
1997 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 32; in money - 3; top ten finishes - 0; scoring average 73.79 (ranked 195th); money - $10,653 (ranked 267th); best finish - T45th, Honda Classic.
1998 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 29; in money - 2; top ten finishes - 0; scoring average 73.86 (ranked 188th); money - $10,866 (ranked 272nd); best finish - T42nd, Greater Milwaukee Open.
1999 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 28; in money - 9; top ten finishes - 0; scoring average 72.36 (ranked 175th); money - $137,423 (ranked 178th); best finish - T12th, B.C. Open.
2000 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 21; in money - 4; top ten finishes - 0; scoring average 72.19 (ranked 174th); money - $56,637 (ranked 211th); best finish - T21st Buick Invitational.
2001 PGA Tour Summary: missed cut in four events
2001 Nationwide Tour: Played in 15 events made the cut six times, best finish - T29th Fort Smith Classic.
2002 PGA Tour Summary: Missed cut in three events
2002 Nationwide Tour: Played in 16 events, best finish - 3rd Omaha Classic.
2003 PGA Tour Summary: Missed cut in two events
2003 Nationwide Tour: Played in 12 events, best finish - T19th Rheem Classic
2004 Nationwide Tour: Missed cut in five events
2005 Nationwide Tour: Played in six events, made cut twice, T50th Cox Classic and T59th Mark Christopher Classic.
2006 PGA Tour: Only start T66th in B.C. Open
2006 Nationwide Tour: Played in 13 events, best finish - T8th Cox Classic.
2006 Champions Tour Summary: tournaments entered - 5; top-10 finishes - 4; scoring average 68.08 (ranked N/A); money - $505,467 (ranked 35th); best finish, 2nd SAS Championship and AT&T Championship.
2007 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 22; top-10 finishes -2; scoring average 71.54 (ranked 42nd); money - $361,779 (ranked 51st); best finish, T-8th 3M Championship.
2008 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 22; top-10 finishes- 3; scoring average 72.62 (ranked 63rd); money - $295,544 (ranked 54th); best finish - T4th, Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.
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