Kent Eger (born February 18, 1981) is a

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professional

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er who plays on the

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and

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. Eger was born in

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, Canada and currently resides in

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Junior and amateur golf

Eger had success as a junior golfer in

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, winning the 1999 Saskatchewan Junior Boys Championship, before moving to

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to further his golf career. Eger played out of the Radium Resort in

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, where he represented British Columbia on two

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teams, and played in four

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Professional career

Gateway Tour

Eger turned professional in 2006, and began playing competitively on the

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. He has played there for four seasons, and has won five tournaments.

Canadian Tour

In 2008, Eger joined the

on a full-time basis, and was named Canadian Rookie of the Year. Eger's debut season included a win at the 2008

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, 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

Other achievements

In 2008, Eger successfully made it through the first two stages of the

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and reached the final stage, where he obtained conditional status on the 2009

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. Being low on the priority list, he only played in two Nationwide Tour events in 2009, missing the cut at both the

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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

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on May 16, 2011. The winner gained an exemption into the PGA Tour's 2012

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, along with an array of monetary prizes and endorsements, totaling over $50,000.''Big Break Indian Wells'', broadcasts on

beginning May 16, 2011 Eger lost in the finale of the competition to fellow countryman David Byrne.

Professional wins (7)

Canadian Tour wins (2)

Gateway Tour wins (5)

* 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)

References

External links

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Profile on the Gateway Tour's official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eger, Kent Canadian male golfers Golfing people from Saskatchewan Golfers from Scottsdale, Arizona Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan 1981 births Living people