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UNITED STATES
Height:
6 ft, 2 in
Weight:
215 lbs
Birthday:
02/15/1970
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES | (3) |
| 2001 Southern Farm Bureau Classic. 2008 Frys.com Open. 2010 Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | (163) |
| $136,825 | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 66 at Round 3, RBC Heritage. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 1-- Southern Farm Bureau Classic, Frys.com Open, Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| T3-- LaSalle Bank Open. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--25; in money--11; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Failed to record a top-10 finish for the first time since the 2000 season. Turned in season-best, solo 12th-place finish at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. 2010: Season highlighed by victory at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, his third PGA TOUR title, closing with a 3-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over third-round leaders Joe Durant and Brian Stuard. Was three strokes behind Durant at the start of the final round and finished at 15-under 269 on the Mayakoba Resort's El Camaleon course. Also won the 2001 Southern Farm Bureau Classic and 2008 Frys.com Open when trailing by three entering the final round. In the final round in Mexico, bogeyed the sixth hole, got the stroke back with a birdie on the par-5 eighth and added birdies on 13 and 17 before closing with a par. Finished T5 at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Tied the course record with a 9-under 61 in the second round to hold a share of the 36-hole lead. Justin Leonard (2001), Charlie Rymer (1996) and Billy Mayfair (1993) have also recorded 61s at TPC Las Colinas. Finished T6 at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, with rounds of 67-67-64-67. 2009: Finished 116th on the money list with two top-10 finishes. Earned first top-10 of season at AT&T National after final-round 73 dropped him from T3 to T7. Bogeyed final hole when birdie would have earned 2009 British Open exemption. Second top-10 of the season came the following week at the John Deere Classic. Despite having to play the third and final rounds on Sunday, posted a 7-under 64 in third round en route to a T9. 2008: Topped $1 million in earnings for just the second time (2001). Finished the season No. 82 in earnings, with 16 made cuts in 29 starts. Followed a 6-under-par 64 in the third round of the Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, AZ, in October with a 7-under 63 Sunday to force sudden death with Kevin Sutherland. Par-4 on the second extra hole gave Texan his second PGA TOUR win and first top-10 finish of the season. The PGA TOUR Fall Series victory moved him from 175th to 86th on the money list. Added another top-10 finish (T10) at the season-ending Children's Miracle Network Classic presented by Walmart. 2007: Finished 112th on the money list and retained his PGA TOUR card for the 2008 season. On the strength of a first-round, 6-under-par 64, finished solo seventh at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Second top-10 was a T3 at the Frys.com Open benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children. Jumped from 147th to 128th on the TOUR money list with three events remaining. The T3 was best finish since a T3 at the 2002 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. T5 at the Ginn sur Mer Classic and a T20 at the Children's Miracle Network Classic moved him into the top 125. 2006: After finishing out of the top 125 on the money list for the second consecutive season, regained TOUR card for 2007 season with a T4 finish at PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Fourth successful venture to the finals of the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Finished 176th on money list, with eight made cuts in 16 starts playing with Past Champion status…Posted lone top-10 of the season in second start, a T9 at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. 2005: Finished 152nd on the money list and was forced to go back to the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, where he failed to retain his card for the 2006 season…Finished T5 for the second time in three years at the 84 LUMBER Classic, his first and only top-10 finish of the season. 2004: Finished in the top 125 for the fourth consecutive season. Finished T9 at the Buick Classic after a final-round 75 while playing in the final pairing left him five shots shy of eventual winner Sergio Garcia…Ended the year on a high mark, making five cuts in last six starts, including T4 in the 2004 FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World. 2003: Finished 106th on the money list. Shared second-round lead with Robert Damron at the 84 LUMBER Classic and held two-stroke advantage through 54 holes prior to picking up his only top-10 of the season, a T5. Had a bulging disc late in the season that kept him from competing. Doctors recommended that he should spend the end of the season doing an extensive workout program so he could be healthy for the 2004 season. Last event of 2003 was the Valero Texas Open in late September. 2002: Finished 72nd on the money list and recorded a personal-best nine top-25s. Recorded his first top-10 and only top-5 finish of the season with a T3 at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic…Second top-10 came at the Touchstone Energy Tuscon Open, where he finished T6…Recorded his third and final top-10 on the season at the Verizon Byron Nelson Classic, where he finished T8. 2001: Finished strong by earning first TOUR victory at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic to finish a career-high 50th on money list. Despite nearly withdrawing from the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, the last full-field official money event of the year because of a stiff neck, fired consecutive 67s to edge Chad Campbell by one stroke. Birdied three of the final five holes to make up a three-stroke deficit. 2000: Finished in the top-25 seven times. Wound up 139th on the money list and was forced to go back to the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, where he finished T4 to secure his card for the 2001 season. 1999: Posted three top-25s in 28 TOUR events and finished 172nd on the money list. Successfully retained his card for the 2000 season by finishing T23 at the year-end PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. 1994 Lone Star Tour Player of the Year. Amateur: 1991 NAIA individual champion at Texas Lutheran. |
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| Personal | |
| On the relief of making it into the top 125 on the money list after going to the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament 10 times previously: "I could take a nap sitting here right now," Beckman said at the 2007 Children's Miracle Network Classic, the final event of the season, where he sewed up his 2008 PGA TOUR card. | |
| PGA TOURPlayoff Record | |
| 1-0 | |