Rich Beem News

Rich Beem had five birdies, lipped out three other birdie putts and shot around even par in his first look at the longer Hazeltine National Golf Club on Sunday.

Hitting a baseball might be the most difficult thing to do in sports. Rich Beem agrees.

When Tiger Woods takes a vacation, golf is not his escape - it's what he's trying to escape from.

Rich Beem took home the Wanamaker Trophy at the 2002 PGA Championship, punctuating his unlikely victory with a funky little two-step after tapping in his final putt.

The annual PGA Champions Tour stop comes to the Twin Cities this week. The 17th 3M Championship gets under way Monday with the first of four pro-am days before the 54-hole, no-cut tournament begins Friday morning.

Last month, something was brought to my attention by Chachi O'Nasty. Now that I got your attention, let me explain who Chachi O'Nasty is.

If the weather turns ugly during the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine in two months -- as it did for the third round of the 2002 PGA Championship -- Justin Leonard becomes a contender.

Brian Gay took the lead at the St. Jude Classic Thursday and Phil Mickelson returned to the PGA Tour with a solid round that put him four strokes off the pace.

Tiger Woods might be closing the gap but golf's world number one still considers Jack Nicklaus the greatest player of all time, at least for now.

Four more golfers -- all past winners of golf's fourth major of the year, the PGA Championship -- have committed to play in this year's U.S. Bank Championship.

Is there a better examination of intestinal fortitude in all of golf than the U.S. Open? The way the USGA sets up its venues, that's exactly how it wants it.

Phil Mickelson, returning to work for the first time since disclosing last month that his wife has breast cancer, got off to a solid start in the St.

Tim Clark. Steve Marino. Jason Day. All three began Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in the hunt for their first PGA Tour win.

Vijay Singh stayed on the heels of Steve Stricker with a 6-under 64, which included five birdies on his first nine.

By ERIC ZARATE That white structure with the wings, on a hill near the No. 6 fairway, is being touted as the first 'green' pavilion at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.TCU's Institute for Environmental Studies is operating the 8-foot-by-40-foot, two-story structure.

Random ruminations while wondering whatever happened to Tommy Hodson ... Vols fans shouldn't fret over losing former Miami quarterback Robert Marve to Purdue.

Anything You Can Do ... Ken Duke's four back-nine birdies Thursday at the Byron Nelson? Impressive.

PGA golfer Rich Beem, who started a fundraising effort to help injured Cowboys scouting assistant Rich Behm, had just one birdie and shot a 2-over par round Thursday on the opening day of the HP Byron Nelson Championship in Las Colinas.

Zach Johnson, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reacts as he makes a birdie putt to win the Texas Open golf tournament in San Antonio, Sunday, May 17, 2009.

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