Background
Eger was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Kent Eger
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Eger had success as a junior golfer in Saskatchewan, winning the 1999 Saskatchewan Junior Boys Championship, 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. Gateway Tour Eger turned professional in 2006, and began playing competitively on the Gateway Tour in Phoenix, Arizona.
Canadian Tour Canadian Tour wins (2) Gateway Tour wins (5).
Achievements
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In 2008, Eger successfully made it through the first two stages of the Professional Golf Association 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 Professional Golf Association 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 Professional Golf Association Tour"s 2012 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, along with an array of monetary prizes and endorsements, totaling over $50,000. Eger lost in the finale of the competition to fellow countryman David Byrne. 2008 Seaforth Country Classic 2010 Seaforth Country Classic 2006 Desert Summer Tournament #12 (Talking Stick Golf Club) 2007 Desert Spring Tournament #1 (Vista Verde) 2007 Desert Summer Tournament #12 (Raven Golf Club at Verrado) 2008 Desert Spring Tournament #5 (Lone Tree Golf Club) 2010 Q School Challenge #4 (The Club at Prescott Lakes).
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Nationality
Canadian