Background
Beard was born in Dallas, Texas.
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Franklin Beard
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He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Conrad Rehling"s Florida Gators men"s golf team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition from 1958 to 1961. He graduated from the university with a bachelor"s degree in accounting in 1961, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great.".
Career
He was recognized as an All-American in 1960 and 1961. Beard turned professional in 1962. He topped the Professional Golf Association Tour money list in 1969 with earnings of $175,223.
He has eleven wins on the tour including victories in the Tournament of Champions in 1967 and 1970.
His best finishes in a major tournament were a third-place finish and a tie for third in the 1965 and 1975 United States. Opens. Beard is probably best known as the author of Pro, the story of his year on the tour in 1969.
The book revealed many of the more mundane parts of life on the pro tour for the middle tier of golfers with families. Commentators called the book "humorous and insightful," showing the human side of the Professional Golf Association Tour.
Beard has also worked as a golf commentator on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Professional Golf Association Tour wins (11) Other wins (2) Senior Professional Golf Association Tour wins (1) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10 Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 20 (1964 Professional Golf Association – 1971 Masters) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (three times) Professional Ryder Cup: 1969 (winners), 1971 (winners).
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Membership
He was inducted as a member of the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986.
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