David Eger

David Eger
Personal information
Full name	David Benjamin Eger
Born	March 17, 1952 (1952-03-17) (age 59) Fort Meade, Maryland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Career
College	University of North Carolina East Tennessee State
Turned professional	1978 (reinstated amateur) 2001
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
Champions Tour	4
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1989
U.S. Open	CUT: 1998
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT: 1978

David Benjamin Eger (born March 17, 1952) is an American professional golfer on the Champions Tour.

Eger was born in Fort Meade, Maryland. He attended the University of North Carolina, and later East Tennessee State University. He turned professional in 1978, but won only $31,014 in 58 PGA Tour events, with only one top-10 finish.

In 1982, he went to work as a golf administrator and regained his amateur status.^[1] He served as Director of Tournament Administration for the PGA Tour from 1982–92; Senior Director of Rules and Competition for the USGA from 1992–95; and as Vice-President of Competition for the PGA Tour from 1995-96.^[2]

As a golf administrator, Eger kept his skills intact by playing competitively as an amateur, winning the 1988 U.S. Mid-Amateur and the North and South Amateur in 1991. He was also a three-time Walker Cup team member and two-time semi-finalist in the U.S. Amateur.^[1]

Eger turned professional for the second time in 2001. He earned a spot on the Champions Tour through qualifying school^[1] after preparing with the help of golf instructor David Leadbetter.^[2] He has two victories on the tour with both wins in inaugural events.^[1] Eger won the 2003 MasterCard Classic — the first Champions Tour event ever held in Mexico, and a winner's prize of $300,000.^[2] He won his second title in 2005 by shooting a final-round 67 in the inaugural Boeing Greater Seattle Classic, winning $240,000. His 54-hole score of 199 was 17 under par, three strokes ahead of Tom Kite.^[1]

Eger won the Champions Tour Player of the Month award in March 2003. He lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida with his wife Tricia. He has two children, Dottie (1982) and Michael (1984).

Amateur wins (4)

• 1988 U.S. Mid-Amateur
• 1991 North and South Amateur
• 1999 Azalea Invitational
• 2000 Azalea Invitational

Professional wins (4)

Champions Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Mar 9, 2003	MasterCard Classic	-12 (69-70-65=204)	1 stroke	Eamonn Darcy, Hale Irwin, Tom Jenkins, Bruce Lietzke
2	Aug 21, 2005	Boeing Greater Seattle Classic	-17 (68-64-67=199)	3 strokes	Tom Kite
3	May 2, 2010	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic	-8 (68-68-69=205)	1 stroke	Tommy Armour III
4	Apr 24, 2011	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Mark McNulty)	-27 (64-64-61=189)	Playoff	Scott Hoch & Kenny Perry

Results in major championships

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
The Masters	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1989, 1991 (winners), 2001
• Eisenhower Trophy: 1990, 2000 (winners)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "David Eger wins by three - Boeing Greater Seattle Classic 2005". golftoday.com. http://www.golftoday.co.uk/tours/2005/Boeing_Greater_Seattle_Classic/round3report.html. Retrieved 2007-12-07. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/13/08/media-guide.html. Retrieved 2007-12-07. 

External links

• David Eger at the PGA Tour official site
• The Seattle Times - Eger wins - August 22, 2005

Persondata
Name	Eger, David
Alternative names	Eger, David Benjamin
Short description	Professiobal golfer
Date of birth	March 17, 1952
Place of birth	Fort Meade, Maryland
Date of death
Place of death