Chandler Egan
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Henry Chandler Egan | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | August 21, 1884|||||||||||||||||
Died | April 5, 1936 Everett, Washington[2] | (aged 51)|||||||||||||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Nina Lydia McNally (m.1910–1916)[1] Alice Barrett Scudder (m.1917–1936) his death | |||||||||||||||||
Children | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Career | ||||||||||||||||||
College | Harvard University | |||||||||||||||||
Status | Amateur | |||||||||||||||||
Best results in major championships (wins: 2) | ||||||||||||||||||
Masters Tournament | 60th: 1935 | |||||||||||||||||
PGA Championship | DNP | |||||||||||||||||
U.S. Open | T8: 1906 | |||||||||||||||||
The Open Championship | DNP | |||||||||||||||||
U.S. Amateur | Won: 1904, 1905 | |||||||||||||||||
British Amateur | T129: 1934 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Henry Chandler Egan (August 21, 1884 – April 5, 1936) was an American amateur golfer and golf course architect of the early 20th century.
Early life and college
Egan was born in
Championships and Olympics
Egan won his first non-collegiate tournament in the 1902 Western Amateur, which was played at the Chicago Golf Club. Not only was the tournament played in his home metropolitan area, but the runner-up was his cousin Walter Egan.[3] A year later, the Egan cousins switched places with Walter winning and Chandler coming in second, and Chandler Egan would win the tournament again in 1904, 1905 (with Walter again the runner-up), and 1907.[5]
In 1904, Egan achieved the pinnacle of U.S. amateur golf success by winning the
Egan appeared to be peaking at the right time to also win an individual gold medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics, which featured golf for the last time in 1904. While Egan's U.S. team (which also included cousin Walter) won team gold, Egan had to settle for individual silver,[7] as he was defeated by Canadian George Lyon, who at 46, was more than twice Egan's age.[3][8] Egan later admitted he had been outclassed by the wily Lyon, whose massive drives forced Egan out of his usual game.[4]
Move to Oregon
Following his runner-up finish in the 1909 U.S. Amateur, Egan abruptly disappeared from competition.
Golf architecture
In the 1910s, Egan moved into
Death and legacy
In 1936, Egan had completed plans for West Seattle Golf Course in Seattle, and was working on the half-finished Legion Memorial Golf Course in nearby Everett in late March. He came down with lobar pneumonia, was hospitalized for nearly a week, and died.[2][4][12][13] His funeral was held in Seattle and he was buried in Medford.[12]
Egan was named to the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Hall of Fame in 1985,[4] and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.[14]
Egan's Olympic medals were discovered after the death of his daughter in 2012. They went on display in 2016 at the USGA Museum, Oakmont Country Club during the U.S. Open and the World Golf Hall of Fame.[15]
Golf courses designed
Egan designed the following golf courses:[11]
- Bend Golf & Country Club Bend, Oregon (original nine)
- Watson Ranch Golf Club, Coos Bay, Oregon
- Eastmoreland Golf Course, Portland, Oregon
- Eugene Country Club, Eugene, Oregon
- Hood River Golf & Country Club, Hood River, Oregon
- Indian Canyon, Spokane, Washington
- Oswego Lake Country Club, Lake Oswego, Oregon
- Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course, Pacific Grove, California (original nine)
- North Fulton Golf Course, Atlanta, Georgia
- Reames Golf & Country Club, Klamath Falls, Oregon
- Riverside Golf & Country Club, Portland, Oregon (front nine)[16]
- Seaside Golf Club, Seaside, Oregon
- The Oaks at Rogue Valley Country Club, Medford, Oregon
- Plantation Country Club, Boise, Idaho
- The Rogue at Rogue Valley Country Club, Medford, Oregon
- Tualatin Country Club, Tualatin, Oregon
- Legion Memorial Golf Course, Everett, Washington
- Waverley Country Club, Portland, Oregon
- West Seattle Golf Club, Seattle, Washington
- Egan aided The Union League Golf and Country Club, which is now Green Hills Country Clubin Millbrae, California in 1929.
- Egan, along with Robert Hunter, was a construction assistant to Alister Mackenzie on Sharp Park Golf Course, Pacifica, California (1932) Sharp Park is one of MacKenzie's few municipal courses, and his only public seaside links.
- Baywood Golf & Country Club, Arcata, California[17]
Tournament wins
- 1902 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships (individual and team), Western Amateur
- 1903 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships(team)
- 1904 U.S. Amateur
- 1905 U.S. Amateur
- 1907 Western Amateur
- 1915 Pacific Northwest Amateur
- 1920 Pacific Northwest Amateur
- 1923 Pacific Northwest Amateur
- 1925 Pacific Northwest Amateur
- 1926 California State Amateur, Bahamas Amateur
- 1932 Pacific Northwest Amateur
Major championships
Wins (2)
Year | Championship | Winning Score | Runner-up |
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1904 | U.S. Amateur |
8 & 6 | Fred Herreshoff |
1905 | U.S. Amateur |
6 & 5 | Daniel Sawyer |
Results timeline
Tournament | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
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U.S. Open | T20 LA | T8 LA | ||||||
U.S. Amateur
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QF | R32 | 1 M | 1 | R16 | R32 | 2 | |
The Amateur Championship |
Tournament | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
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U.S. Open | T23 | NT | NT | |||||||
U.S. Amateur
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DNQ | NT | NT | |||||||
The Amateur Championship | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
Tournament | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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U.S. Open | ||||||||||
U.S. Amateur
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DNQ | R32 | SF | |||||||
The Amateur Championship |
Tournament | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 |
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Masters Tournament | NYF | NYF | NYF | NYF | 60 | |
U.S. Open | ||||||
U.S. Amateur
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DNQ | R32 | R16 | R64 | R64 | |
The Amateur Championship | R256 |
M = Medalist
LA = Low amateur
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database
Source for 1934 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 22, 1934, pg. 10.
U.S. national team appearances
- Walker Cup: 1930 (winners), 1934 (winners)
See also
References
- ^ Class of 1905: Fourth Report. Harvard College. June 1920. p. 109.
- ^ a b "Simple rites set for Chandler Egan". Rochester Journal. International News Service. April 6, 1936. p. 10.
- ^ a b c d e f g Schwartz, Todd. "Breaking 100". Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Henry Chandler Egan". Pacific Northwest Golf Association. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ "Western Amateur Championship History". Western Amateur. Retrieved August 1, 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "History". U.S. Amateur. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ "Chandler Egan". Olympedia. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Chandler Egan". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ a b "Men's Amateur Championship". Pacific Northwest Golf Association. Archived from the original on May 6, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ "SCGA Tournament History". Southern California Golf Association. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ a b "H. Chandler Egan - Courses Built". WorldGolf.com. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ a b "West Seattle designer left lasting mark on Northwest golf". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. April 28, 2004. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ "Pneumonia fatal to Chandler Egan". Windsor Daily Star. April 6, 1936.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Roll of Honor Members". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ Axon, Rachel (June 13, 2016). "Rare golf medals from 1904 Olympics discovered". USA Today.
- ^ "Riverside Golf & Country Club History". Riverside Golf & Country Club. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ "Baywood Golf & Country Club History". Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
External links
- Oregon Golf Association – H. Chandler Egan
- Golf's Grand Old Master – H. Chandler Egan
- Cybergolf.com – favorite designers – H. Chandler Egan – by Tony Dear