Chandler Egan

Henry Chandler Egan was an American amateur golfer and golf course architect of the early twentieth century, born on August 21, 1884 in Chicago and died on April 5, 1936. He captained the Harvard golf team and won the individual NCAA title in 1902. He won the Western Amateur four times and took the U.S. Amateur in 1904 at Baltusrol and again in 1905 at the Chicago Golf Club. At the 1904 Summer Olympics his U.S. team won team gold, but he lost the individual final to the 46-year-old Canadian George Lyon and took silver. After a runner-up finish at the 1909 U.S. Amateur he moved to an orchard in Medford, Oregon, returned to competition in 1914, won the Pacific Northwest Amateur five times and played on the 1930 and 1934 Walker Cup teams. He designed many courses in the Pacific Northwest and in 1929 helped Alister MacKenzie renovate Pebble Beach Golf Links.