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SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES
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JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2006
PGA TOUR VICTORIES (4): 1980 Walt Disney
World National Team Championship [with Danny
Edwards]. 1984 Los Angeles Open. 1992 Memorial
Tournament. 1993 MCI Heritage Golf Classic.
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $4,756,834
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS):
$4,784,531
BEST 2005 PGA TOUR FINISH: T20—B.C. Open.
2005 SEASON:
Split time between the PGA TOUR and the Nationwide
Tour, with 15 combined starts on the two Tours…Made
four cuts in nine starts on the PGA TOUR and three cuts in
six appearances on the Nationwide Tour…Earnings
totaled $69,350, including $62,459 on the PGA
TOUR…Was the 36-hole leader at the B.C. Open following
rounds of 66-63 before closing with rounds of 70-71 to
finish T20 and earn $32,500. His 63 was his lowest round
since a third-round 63 at the 1993 Southwestern Bell
Colonial. It also marked the first time he had been in the
lead at the halfway point since the 1993 NEC World
Series of Golf, where he led after two rounds and shared
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2002
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (2): 2003
MasterCard Classic. 2005 Boeing Greater Seattle
Classic.
2005 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:
25th - 489 points
BEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH: T5—1979
American Optical Classic.
OTHER VICTORIES (14): 1988 U.S. Mid-Amateur.
1991 North and South Amateur. 1992 Crump Cup. 1995
Coleman Invitational. 1997 Crump Cup, Hugh Wilson.
1998 Hugh Wilson. 1997 Travis Memorial. 1999 Travis
David Edwards
EXEMPT STATUS: PGA TOUR Career Victory List
FULL NAME: David Wayne Edwards
HEIGHT: 5-8
WEIGHT: 165
BIRTHDATE: April 18, 1956
BIRTHPLACE: Neosho, MO
RESIDENCE: Stillwater, OK
the lead after three rounds before eventually finishing
sixth…Also made cuts at the AT&T Pebble Beach National
Pro-Am, the MCI Heritage and the U.S. Bank
Championship.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Was a fixture on the PGA TOUR from 1979-
2005…Originally joined the TOUR in 1979 after going
through Q-School in the fall of 1978 and went on to play
10 or more events every year until 2001, when he was limited
to just one event due to injury…A three-time winner
on the PGA TOUR…Last of three wins came at the 1993
MCI Heritage Classic, where he closed with 69 on his 37th
birthday to defeat David Frost by two strokes. Finished
that year 20th on money list, highest ranking of his
career…A year earlier, defeated Rick Fehr in darkness on
second playoff hole to win the Memorial Tournament, ending
an eight-year victory drought. Other win came at 1984
Los Angeles Open, by three strokes over Jack
Renner…Teamed with older brother, Danny, for victory at
1980 Walt Disney World National Team Championship…
Won All-America honors in 1978 and 1979 at Oklahoma
State and was the 1978 NCAA Championship medalist for
the Cowboys…Winner of the 1994 and 1996 Oklahoma
Opens…Also won an Oklahoma State Junior title as
well…Has six career holes-in-one.
David Eger (EE-gur)
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on 2005 Champions Tour
Money List
FULL NAME: David Benjamin Eger
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 190
BIRTHDATE: March 17, 1952
BIRTHPLACE: Fort Meade, MD
RESIDENCE: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Memorial, Coleman Invitational. 1999 and 2000 Azalea
Amateur, Travis Memorial, North and South Amateur. 2001
Travis Memorial.
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $31,014
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES: 1—
Boeing Greater Seattle Classic; T6—Senior British Open.
2005 SEASON:
Won his second career title when he cruised to a threestroke
victory at the inaugural Boeing Greater Seattle
Classic at the TPC at Snoqualmie Ridge. Matched his
career low with an 8-under-par 64 in the second round to
share the 36-hole lead with Craig Stadler and Morris
Hatalsky. Started the final round with four birdies in the
first eight holes and never looked back. The win marked
Champions Tour 2006 Guide
FAMILY: Wife, Jonnie; Rachel Leigh (12/21/85), Abby
Grace (11/22/93)
CLUB AFFILIATION: Karsten Creek GC (Stillwater, OK)
EDUCATION: Oklahoma State University
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Flying, racing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1978
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1979
PERSONAL:
Younger brother of Danny Edwards, a long time PGA TOUR
and current Champions Tour member. Began playing golf
while tagging along with Danny as a youngster..A serious
pilot, with 2,000-plus hours in a private aircraft…Often
flies his own plane to tourmanent events…Favorite golf
courses are Pebble Beach GL, Colonial CC, Sea Pines GC
and Muirfield Village GC…Other favorites are the TV
show "E-Ring," singer Vince Gill, the movie "Three Days of
the Condor," Mexican food and the book The Emperor's
New Clothes….Some of his best friends on Tour are Doug
Tewell, Bob Tway, Scott Verplank and Willie Wood…His
heroes are the men and women who fight for our country.
PLAYER STATISTICS
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 63–B.C. Open/2
Career Low Round: 61–1987 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic/1
Career Largest Paycheck: $234,000–1992 Memorial
Tournament/1
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FAMILY: Wife, Tricia; Dottie, Michael
EDUCATION: University of North Carolina, East
Tennessee State University
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Wine collecting, Porsches
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1978, 2001
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1978
the second time in his career he had won at a new
venue…Fired a 6-under 65 to vault from T16 into a T6 at
the Senior British Open. Final round at Royal Aberdeen
equaled the low score of the day…Posted a T7 at the
Bank of America Championship near Boston in
June…Was only three strokes off the lead after 36 holes
at the 3M Championship, but slipped to T14 after a finalround
73 at the TPC of the Twin Cities…Posted a
Champions Tour career low with a 6-under-par 64 in the
first round of the Blue Angels Classic and eventually T9
near Pensacola.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2004: Made a late push to secure his position among the
top-30 money-winners for the second consecutive year.
Started the month of September in 35th position on the
money list but earned almost half of his 2004 money total
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