Frank Beard celebrates his 80th birthday on Wednesday, a milestone that those of us who grew up watching professional golf in the 1960s and ’70s might find hard to fathom. (CBS Golf Classic, anyone?

I may have been delusional about my golf game, but not about Frank Beard’s. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for ...

Which Frank Beard are we talking about? Not the drummer in the rock band ZZ Top, who happens to sport a single-figure handicap and was ranked among Golf Digest’s 100 Best Musician Golfers.

Known as a perfectionist, Beard, 68, says ... His oldest son, Danny, is a golf cameraman with NBC. Frank did television commentating and played the senior tour for a while; he still teams ...