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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. Bean also won three times on the PGA Tour Champions. He never won a major, finishing runner-up three times. Bean played college golf at Florida with Gary Koch and Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley.
