David Eger | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | David Benjamin Eger |
Born | Fort Meade, Maryland | March 17, 1952
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Charlotte, North Carolina [1] |
Spouse | Tricia Santillo Eger |
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 | |
PGA Tour Champions | 4 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | CUT: 1989 |
PGA Championship | CUT: 1978 |
U.S. Open | CUT: 1998 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
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.
Eger turned professional in 1978 but won only $31,014 in 58 PGA Tour events with one top-10 finish.
In 1982, he went to work as a golf administrator and regained his amateur status. [2] 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. [3]
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. [2]
Eger turned professional for the second time in 2001. He earned a spot on the Champions Tour through qualifying school [2] after preparing with the help of golf instructor David Leadbetter. [3] He has four victories on the tour. [2] Eger won the 2003 MasterCard Classic — the first Champions Tour event ever held in Mexico, and a winner's prize of $300,000. [3] 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. [2]
Eger won the Champions Tour Player of the Month award in March 2003. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife Tricia. He has two children, Dottie (1982) and Michael (1984).
Eger was the individual who alerted rules officials of Tiger Woods's illegal drop during the second round of the 2013 Masters Tournament. [4]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Mar 9, 2003 | MasterCard Classic | −12 (69-70-65=204) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | Aug 21, 2005 | Boeing Greater Seattle Classic | −17 (68-64-67=199) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
3 | May 2, 2010 | Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic | −11 (68-68-69=205) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
4 | Apr 24, 2011 | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with ![]() | −27 (64-64-61=189) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
Champions Tour playoff record (1–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2007 | Boeing Classic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Watson won with eagle on second extra hole Eger, Morgan, Ozaki and Quigley eliminated by birdie on first hole |
2 | 2011 | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Won with par on second extra hole |
3 | 2011 | Senior PGA Championship | ![]() | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||||||||
U.S. Open | ||||||||||||
PGA Championship | CUT |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
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Masters Tournament | |||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | ||||||||
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Note: Eger never played in The Open Championship.
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