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Pepto-toting Beem in new territory

By Bob Harig
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, August 16, 2002

CHASKA, Minn. -- Rich Beem will step to the tee, look around, pinch himself. He knows he doesn't belong and admits it. Playing golf for a living, trying to compete against the best in the world ... well, it's all a little bit too much to take. So much so, in fact, that Beem chugs Pepto Bismol before every round, and doesn't mind saying so. "I used to be embarrassed, but now I don't care,'' said Beem, 31, an unlikely contender through two rounds of the PGA Championship. "I just have alway ...

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