Chip Beck
| Chip Beck | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Charles Henry Beck | ||||
| Nickname | Chip | ||||
| Born | September 12, 1956 Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) | ||||
| Sporting nationality | United States | ||||
| Residence | Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S. | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | University of Georgia | ||||
| Turned professional | 1978 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | Champions Tour | ||||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 5 | ||||
| Highest ranking | 8 (February 12, 1989) | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| PGA Tour | 4 | ||||
| Other | 1 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | 2nd: 1993 | ||||
| PGA Championship | T5: 1990 | ||||
| U.S. Open | T2: 1986, 1989 | ||||
| The Open Championship | T12: 1992 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Charles Henry "Chip" Beck (born September 12, 1956) is an American professional golfer. He has four victories on the PGA Tour and twenty runner-up finishes. He spent 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1989 and was the second player to shoot a 59 on the PGA Tour.