Full name Alfred Gibson Beck Status Professional U.S. Open DNP Professional wins 1 | Nationality England Masters Tournament DNP The Open Championship T21: 1934 | |
Born 26 January 1904
Filey, Yorkshire, England ( 1904-01-26 ) Died August 1987, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | ||
Alfred Gibson Beck (26 January 1904 – August 1987) was an English professional golfer. He was generally known as Freddie. He was the son of a professional golfer, Alfred Ward Beck (known as Fred). Freddie had a younger brother William Arthur Beck (known as Arthur) and an uncle, Thomas Helier Beck, who were also professional golfers.
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Beck was born in Filey where his father was the professional for 47 years until he retired in 1946. He was an assistant to his father before moving to Halifax Bradley Hall Golf Club in 1926 and to Sherwood Forest Golf Club in 1929. In 1946 he moved to Leicestershire Golf Club.
Beck reached the semi-final of the 1929 News of the World Match Play at Wentworth. He won the Dunlop-Midland Professional Championship in 1937 having been runner-up the previous year. Beck played for England in the Llandudno International Golf Trophy in 1938.
Tournament wins
Results in major championships
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = Missed the cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place