Eric Meeks

{{Short description|American golfer (born 1965)}}

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Eric Meeks (born January 15, 1965) is an American professional golfer.

Meeks won the 1988 U.S. Amateur.{{cite news |first=Maryann |last=Hudson |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-11-sp-2731-story.html |title=Golf : Meeks Puts 1-Stroke Jinx to Rest With U.S. Amateur Win |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 11, 1988 |access-date=September 5, 2016}} He played in the 1988 Eisenhower Trophy and in the 1989 Walker Cup match.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/16/sports/golf-10-named-to-walker-cup.html |title=Golf - 10 Named to Walker Cup |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 16, 1989 |access-date=September 5, 2016}} He played his college golf for the Arizona Wildcats.{{cite news |last=Mantowski |first=Ron |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/ron-kantowski/quarter-century-later-augusta-memories-indelible-meeks |title=Quarter-century later, Augusta memories indelible for Meeks |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=April 10, 2014 |access-date=September 5, 2016}}

Meeks later turned professional and played on the Nike Tour/Nationwide Tour, where he had two runner-up finishes: 2001 Siouxland Open and 2002 Price Cutter Charity Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.01798.eric-meeks.html/career |title=Eric Meeks – Career |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=September 6, 2016}} He also played on the Asian PGA Tour, finishing 8th on the Order of Merit in 1999.