David Eger
| David Eger | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | David Benjamin Eger |
| Born |
March 17, 1952 Fort Meade, Maryland |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 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 |
| 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. 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.
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.
Eger turned professional for the second time in 2001. He earned a spot on the Champions Tour through qualifying school after preparing with the help of golf instructor David Leadbetter. He has two victories on the tour with both wins in inaugural events. Eger won the 2003 MasterCard Classic — the first Champions Tour event ever held in Mexico, and a winner's prize of $300,000. 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.
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