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Chip Beck on North Carolina Golf, the 1986 U.S. Open, and Shooting 59 | This Was Then
Chip Beck on North Carolina Golf, the 1986 U.S. Open, and Shooting 59 | This Was ThenTim Peeler and Todd McGee interview Fayetteville native and PGA golfer Chip Beck on This Was Then as he reflects on being honored at a Hall of Fame banquet. Beck recounts starting golf at age 10 in 1967, being inspired by watching Jack Nicklaus and Ray Floyd at Cypress Lakes, and receiving strong family and community support in Fayetteville. He discusses the missed putt that left him runner-up to Floyd at the 1986 U.S. Open at Shinnecock, lessons about temperament from his grandfather, and the role of…
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