David Benjamin Eger (born March 17, 1952) is an American

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on the

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Early life

Eger was born in

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Amateur career

He attended the

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, and later

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Professional career

He turned professional in 1978, but won only $31,014 in 58

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events, with only one top-10 finish.

Re-instated amateur status

In 1982, he went to work as a golf administrator and regained his

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status. He served as Director of Tournament Administration for the PGA Tour from 1982–92; Senior Director of Rules and Competition for the

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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

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and the

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in 1991. He was also a three-time

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team member and two-time semi-finalist in the

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Second professional career

Eger turned professional for the second time in 2001. He earned a spot on the

through

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after preparing with the help of golf instructor David Leadbetter. He has four victories on the tour. Eger won the 2003

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— the first Champions Tour event ever held in

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, 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

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. Eger won the Champions Tour '' Player of the Month'' award in March 2003. He lives in

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with his wife Tricia. He has two children, Dottie (1982) and Michael (1984). Eger was the individual who alerted rules officials of

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's illegal drop during the second round of the

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Amateur wins

*1988

*1991

*1999

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*2000

Professional wins (4)

Champions Tour wins (4)

Champions Tour playoff record (1–2)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
''Note: Eger never played in

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U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

: 1989,

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(winners),

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eisen ...

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

(winners)

References

External links

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''The Seattle Times''
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