Kent Eger

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Kent Eger
Personal information
Full nameKent Eger
Born (1981-02-18) 18 February 1981 (age 42)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Career
Turned professional2006
Former tour(s) Canadian Tour
Gateway Tour
Professional wins7
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2010
The Open Championship DNP

Kent Eger (born February 18, 1981) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the Canadian Tour and Gateway Tour. Eger was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. [1]

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Junior and amateur golf

Eger had success as a junior golfer in Saskatchewan, winning the 1999 Saskatchewan Junior Boys Championship, [2] before moving to British Columbia to further his golf career. Eger played out of the Radium Resort in Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, where he represented British Columbia on two Willingdon Cup teams, and played in four Canadian Amateur Championships.

Professional career

Gateway Tour

Eger turned professional in 2006, and began playing competitively on the Gateway Tour in Phoenix, Arizona. He has played there for four seasons, and has won five tournaments. [3]

Canadian Tour

In 2008, Eger joined the Canadian Tour on a full-time basis, and was named Canadian Rookie of the Year. Eger's debut season included a win at the 2008 Seaforth Country Classic, where his score of 26-under-par was one shot shy of the Canadian Tour's all-time scoring record held by Tim Clark, but did set an overall Canadian Tour low record 72-hole score of 258. Two years later, Eger won his second Canadian Tour tournament at the same event, the 2010 Seaforth Country Classic. [4]

Other achievements

In 2008, Eger successfully made it through the first two stages of the PGA Tour Qualifying School and reached the final stage, where he obtained conditional status on the 2009 Nationwide Tour. Being low on the priority list, he only played in two Nationwide Tour events in 2009, missing the cut at both the Wayne Gretzky Classic and the Mexican PGA Championship.

Eger was one of 11 contestants on Big Break Indian Wells , which began screening in hour-long weekly installments on the Golf Channel on May 16, 2011. The winner gained an exemption into the PGA Tour's 2012 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, along with an array of monetary prizes and endorsements, totaling over $50,000. [5] Eger lost in the finale of the competition to fellow countryman David Byrne.

Professional wins (7)

Canadian Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Aug 31, 2008 Seaforth Country Classic 65-64-65-64=258−262 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Wil Collins, Flag of the United States.svg John Ellis,
Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Im
2Aug 22, 2010 Economical Insurance Group Seaforth Country Classic (2)67-64-68-65=264−202 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Josh Geary

Gateway Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Sep 7, 2006 Desert Summer 1264-67-64=195−161 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Watkins
2Mar 22, 2007 Desert Spring 1205−116 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brian Vranesh
3Sep 7, 2007Desert Summer 1265-67-68-69=269−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Brian Kontak, Flag of the United States.svg Andy Walker
4Apr 25, 2008 Desert Spring 566-66-68=200−131 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard T. Lee
5Oct 8, 2010Q School Challenge 469-69-72=210−62 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard T. Lee

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References

  1. ↑ The Gateway Tour Profile
  2. ↑ "Saskatchewan Golf Association". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ The Gateway Tour
  4. ↑ "The Canadian Tour". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  5. ↑ Big Break Indian Wells, broadcasts on Golf Channel beginning May 16, 2011
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