2014 Ryder Cup Auction - Featuring Jack Fleck Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/28/2014
1997 Walker Cup 75th Anniversary Pewter Cup - Given to David Eger
David was a VIP and a was given this cup. The 1997 Walker Cup was the 36th Walker Cup Match and was played at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York. The event was won by the United States 18 to 6. Top diameter of cup ranges from 3 1/2" to 3 1/4" as it is oval shaped. Stands 2 3/4" tall and base diameter is 1 1/2".
In order to bid in extended bidding you must place a bid on the lot before 9pm on auction closing day.David Eger was an American professional golfer on the Champions Tour. He turned professional in 1978, and in 1982 he went to work as a golf administrator. 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 won the 2003 MasterCard Classic — the first Champions Tour event ever held in Mexico, he won his second title in 2005 by shooting a final-round 67 in the inaugural Boeing Greater Seattle Classic. This money clip is not a replica or knock-off, but is authentic instead, given to all competitors.
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