CHIP BECK started playing golf when he was 10 after attending a junior clinic with his mother in Fayetteville. He has since won four career PGA Tour events and one Japanese Tour event and earned over $7 million on the PGA Tour. Chip received the Vardon Trophy in 1988 and recorded the second 59 in PGA Tour history on October 11, 1991 in the third round of the Las Vegas Invitational. He made 13 birdies and no bogeys at Sunrise GC and sank a three-foot putt on his final hole to join Al Geiberger (and since, David Duval) as the only sub-60 shooters in PGA Tour history. Chip's best year on Tour was 1988. He played in three Ryder Cup Teams – 1989, 1991, 1993. On August 7, 2003 Chip became the second Tour player to a record a rare hole in one on a par four when he aced the par-4 ninth hole at the Champions Club in the first round of the 2003 Omaha Class.
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