Frank Beard (musician) member of ZZ Top not sporting a long beard (as Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill do). Beard was married to Catherine Alexander from April 1978 to July 1981, when they divorced. He married Debbie Meredith in November 1982. They remain married and have three children. Beard resides in Richmond, Texas, where he owns and operates the Double Z Ranch. He is a scratch golfer, known locally for participation in tournaments and community events. Before joining ZZ Top, Beard was a member of a fake version of the British band The Zombies and The Outlaws with fellow ZZ Top member Dusty
Frank Beard (golfer) a third-place finish and a tie for third in the 1965 and 1975 U.S. Opens. After turning 50 years old, he played on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour), where he won the 1990 Murata Reunion Pro-Am. Beard is probably best known as the author of "Pro", the story of his year on the tour in 1969. The book revealed many of the more mundane parts of life on the pro tour for the middle tier of golfers with families. Commentators called the book "humorous and insightful," showing the human side of the PGA Tour. Beard has also