Rich Beem (born August 24, 1970 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA), is a golfer who turned professional in 1994.
His early career was largely unassuming, and even broken up by a spell in Seattle selling car stereos and cell phones to make ends meet.
This changed in 2002, when Beem won that year's PGA Championship at Hazeltine National, one of golf's four major tournaments. His victory came at the expense of Tiger Woods, who was one shot behind.
Until this win, Beem was best known for the book Bud, Sweat and Tees : A Walk on the Wild Side of the PGA Tour by Alan Shipnuck, which profiled his rookie year on the PGA TOUR and the often wild lifestyle of him and his caddy, Steve Duplantis.
His other tournament victories include the 1999 Kemper Open and 2002 INTERNATIONAL.
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