“I’m going to be the only one from Sky Sports to be in the U.S. “My plans to play this year are on the back burner because I feel I owe Sky Sports to see out the rest of the year once golf starts back up,” Beem said. 1 in the world by forever.”īeem hoped to be playing in the fall on the PGA Tour Champions (he turns 50 on August 24). “His confidence was so high and he was so focused on what he was doing. “Everybody in the field at the time knew that you had to beat him in order to win any tournament. “It’s like he fell out of bed and he knew has was going to win another major championship,” Beem said. “But let’s face it, you know me, if golf was 19 holes, you think I would have let him beat me on the 19 th hole? I’m an excellent 19 th hole kind of guy.” “Thankfully he ran out of holes,” Beem said. Beem held on and a tap-in bogey on the last gave him a 1-shot win and ignited the jig. RELATED: Future sites for the PGA ChampionshipĪfter an eagle at 11 and a birdie at 13, Beem had a six-shot lead. But I still felt I was in charge of my emotions.” Going into Sunday I was incredibly nervous. I was rolling the golf ball unbelievably good. “I had a handle on the greens right away.
The whole week was surreal,” said Beem, who earned an exemption into the tournament every year until he’s 65 with his victory. Beem was in the final group on Sunday with Justin Leonard, with Woods playing right in front of the two. Woods had won seven of most recent 12 majors. Beem had won The International two weeks prior. His biggest moment in golf, however, came in the 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota.
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I love competing knowing full well I’m going to get smoked.” I just love getting out there and being inside the ropes with a golf club in my hand again. They have a different set of skills I don’t have. “Well, we’re competing on the same course but it’s really not the same game we’re playing right now. “Brooks gets up there and hits driver, 9-iron,” Beem laughed. Beem said he smoked a drive on the fifth during his round and had hybrid to the green. But probably one of the proudest things I’ve ever done.”Īfter he finished his second round, Beem rushed to get back on the course for his day job for Sky Sports and caught up with eventual champion Brooks Koepka on the fifth hole. Beem made five birdies in the last six holes in the second round and made the cut on the number. He said, “smoke and mirrors was a lot of it,” that karma played an influential hand and how a few words from John Daly got him going. Last year, he played one official event – one – and somehow made the cut at bruising Bethpage Black in the PGA. Still, this time of the year always gets him thinking about the PGA Championship. But the tournament has been postponed to August 6 because of the coronavirus. This week, he was supposed to be in San Francisco – at TPC Harding Park, to be exact – pulling double-duty as player and analyst for the 102 nd edition of the PGA Championship. Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Imagesīeem, 49, said he’s been fortunate to be able to play golf four to five days a week but has been longing to get back to work and commentating on the best players in the world. Rich Beem of Sky Sports interviews Kurt Russell and Samuel L Jackson during a celebrity challenge match ahead of the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National. Top 50 Modern Courses in Great Britain & Ireland.Top 50 Classic Courses in Great Britain & Ireland.Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands, Central America.
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