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Rich Beem: Kemper Open
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To regular US golf followers, Beem's victory wasn't as unexpected as he had captured the Sprint International only two weeks ago. But that victory was his first since his breakthrough win at the Kemper Open and in between there had been virtually nothing.
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Beem, meanwhile, went to the International in Colorado three weeks ago as the 154th-ranked player in the world, deserving every rung of it. He had one career win -- the 1999 Kemper Open, widely regarded as a fluke. Since that win,
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Many of Beem's friends from Seattle will be in the gallery this week, but Beem did not expect to lose focus. He is more mature than he was when he was the little-known player who won the 1999 Kemper Open. After that first tour victory, Beem admitted he did too much partying and not enough practising. He almost lost his tour card last year and that taught him a valuable lesson.
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Beem was the first player during the year to win in consecutive starts. He returned to his former residence in Seattle for the WGC-NEC Invitational, and rebounded from an opening 3-over-par 74 to finish tied for 6th, closing with three matching rounds of 67. In three August starts, he banked $1,950,00 in earnings.
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That deal seemed to favour Beem as he struggled early on but then fate brought him together with caddie Steve Duplantis. In their very first tournament, Beem, a 500/1 shot, scored one of the most improbable triumphs in golf history by winning the Kemper Open.
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