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Deane Beman

born , Washington, District of Columbia, USA

3championship wins

Summary

  • Best major finish runner-up, 1969 U.S. Open
  • Titles 1959 The Amateur, 1960 U.S. Amateur and 1963 U.S. Amateur
  • Amateur runner-up 1966 U.S. Amateur

Wins

  1. 1959 The Amateur Championship Royal St George's Golf Club · 3 & 2
  2. 1960 U.S. Amateur St. Louis Country Club · 6 & 4
  3. 1963 U.S. Amateur Wakonda Club · 2 & 1

Near misses

  1. 1966 U.S. Amateur Merion Golf Club · runner-up to Gary Cowan · 285
  2. 1969 U.S. Open Champions G.C. · runner-up to Orville Moody

Rivals

Beat him

Results by championship

    Best day

    1969 U.S. Open

    Runner-up to Orville Moody.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1969.

    Career line, 1959–1969

    U.S. Open
    1969 U.S. Open: runner-up to Orville Moody
    U.S. Amateur
    1960 U.S. Amateur: won1963 U.S. Amateur: won1966 U.S. Amateur: runner-up
    The Amateur
    1959 The Amateur: won
    196019651970

    5 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Deane Beman was born on April 22, 1938, in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Beman's best major finish was second, at the 1969 U.S. Open. Beman won the 1959 The Amateur, the 1960 U.S. Amateur and the 1963 U.S. Amateur. Beman was runner-up at the 1966 U.S. Amateur.

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    The record

    Wins

    1. 1959 The Amateur Championship Royal St George's Golf Club · 3 & 2
    2. 1960 U.S. Amateur St. Louis Country Club · 6 & 4
    3. 1963 U.S. Amateur Wakonda Club · 2 & 1

    Near misses

    1. 1966 U.S. Amateur Merion Golf Club · runner-up to Gary Cowan · 285
    2. 1969 U.S. Open Champions G.C. · runner-up to Orville Moody

    U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 2 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

    Other wins in championships we cover

    1. 1959 The Amateur Championship Royal St George's Golf Club · 3 & 2
    2. 1960 U.S. Amateur St. Louis Country Club · 6 & 4
    3. 1963 U.S. Amateur Wakonda Club · 2 & 1

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Deane Beman
    2. Wikipedia: The Amateur Championship
    3. golfbible.co.uk: amateur championship
    4. golfcompendium.com: british amateur championship winners
    5. Wikipedia: U.S. Amateur
    6. championships-plt.usga.org: u s amateur champions
    7. Wikipedia: St. Louis Country Club
    8. Wikipedia: Gary Cowan