Eleven-time PGA Tour winner Andy Bean has died after complications from a double lung replacement surgery. The PGA Tour says the 70-year-old Bean died Saturday. Bean was a model of consistency on the tour. His best year was in 1978 when he won three times. He played in his first Ryder Cup a year later.
Andy Bean, an 11-time PGA Tour winner and three times a runner-up in the majors, died Saturday after complications from a double lung replacement surgery, the PGA Tour said. He was 70.Bean was a giant of a man on the PGA Tour at 6-foot-4, and he once earned the reputation for wrestling an alligator at Q-school, a story he explained a few years later was little more than swatting it on the tail while playing alongside a player who had never seen a gator.
His 11 victories — he also won twice on the Japan Golf Tour — covered 1977 to 1986. Bean also played on the Ryder Cup teams in 1979 and 1987.
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