Darren Beck

Darren Beck (born 14 July 1978) is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Asian Tour.

Darren Beck
Personal information
Born (1978-07-14) 14 July 1978
South Africa
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceSydney, Australia
Career
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Other1

Beck was born in South Africa and moved to Australia at the age of seven. He turned professional in 2004. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's qualifying school in 2004 and played on the PGA Tour of Australasia in 2005 and 2007. He won the Queensland PGA Championship in 2008 in Australia. Beck joined the Asian Tour in 2008 after going through qualifying school in 2007. He finished in 29th on the Order of Merit in his rookie season and recorded a runner-up finish at the Hero Honda Indian Open. He won his first tour event in 2009 at the Brunei Open in dramatic fashion. Beck was six strokes off the lead going into the final round and shot a 65 (−6) on Sunday to force a playoff with Gaganjeet Bhullar and Boonchu Ruangkit. Boonchu was eliminated on the second playoff hole and Beck won the tournament on the third playoff hole when he sunk a 10-foot birdie putt while Bhullar could only par the hole.[1]

Professional wins (3)

Asian Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 2 Aug 2009 Brunei Open −13 (71-67-68-65=271) Playoff India Gaganjeet Bhullar, Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2009 Brunei Open India Gaganjeet Bhullar, Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit Won with birdie on third extra hole
Ruangkit eliminated by par on second hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 13 Oct 2019 TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship −16 (68-67-68-69=272) 2 strokes Australia Jarryd Felton

Other wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 4 Oct 2008 Callaway Hi-Lite Pro-Am −9 (65-69=134) 4 strokes Australia Brad Andrews, Australia Marcus Cain

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. Beck Lifts Maiden Title Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine


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