Rich Beem

United States · born August 24, 1970, Phoenix, Arizona

1major championship

PGA Championship1 win

Summary

First major 2002 PGA Championship

Wins

2002 PGA Championship Hazeltine National Golf Club · 278 (-10) · by 1 stroke from Tiger Woods

Moments

2002 PGA Championship Rich Beem eagled the 597-yard 11th with a 330-yard drive and a roughly 270-yard 7-wood to six feet.
2002 PGA Championship Tiger Woods birdied 15, 16, 17 and 18 to close with 67 but finished one stroke behind Beem.

Results by championship

Best day

2002 PGA Championship

Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · 278 (-10) · by 1 stroke from Tiger Woods

Rich Beem eagled the 597-yard 11th with a 330-yard drive and a roughly 270-yard 7-wood to six feet.

Tiger Woods birdied 15, 16, 17 and 18 to close with 67 but finished one stroke behind Beem.

Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2002.

Career line, 2002–2002

PGA Championship

2002 PGA Championship: won

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Major win

Rich Beem was born on August 24, 1970, in Phoenix, Arizona. Beem won one major championship: the 2002 PGA Championship.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

2002 PGA Championship Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · 278 (-10) · by 1 stroke from Tiger Woods

Sources

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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.