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    Henry Chandler Egan

    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 1884 in Chicago, Illinois, which at the end of the 19th century was the epicenter of golf in the United States—the first 18-hole golf course in the United States, the Chicago Golf Club, was built there in 1893. Egan played his first game of golf in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at the age of 12. He was accepted to Harvard University, where he soon became the captain of the college golf team. The team won three team NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships from 1902 to 1904, and Egan won the individual title in 1902.

    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 hometown, but the runner-up was his cousin Walter Egan. 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.

    In 1904, Egan achieved the pinnacle of U.S. amateur golf success by winning the U.S. Amateur Championship, played at Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey. He defended his title a year later at his home turf of the Chicago Golf Club.

    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, as he was defeated by Canadian George Lyon, who at 46, was more than twice Egan’s age. Egan later admitted he had been outclassed by the wily Lyon, whose massive drives forced Egan out of his usual game.

    Move to Oregon
    Following his runner-up finish in the 1909 U.S. Amateur, Egan abruptly disappeared from competition. He reappeared in the news in May 1911 with his purchase of 115 acres of apple and pear orchard in Medford, Oregon. He reemerged on the competitive golf circuit in 1914, with a runner-up finish in the Pacific Northwest Amateur championship to Jack Neville. A year later, Egan and Neville would meet again, and this time, Egan was the winner. He would win the Pacific Northwest Amateur four more times, in 1920, 1923, 1925, and 1932. Egan traveled south to win the California Amateur in 1926. He played on two U.S. championship Walker Cup teams in 1930 and 1934.

    Golf architecture
    In the 1920s, Egan moved into golf course design, designing such notable Oregon courses as the Eugene Country Club, Eastmoreland Golf Course, Oswego Lake Country Club, Riverside Golf & Country Club, and Tualatin Country Club. In 1929, Egan partnered with legendary golf architect Alister MacKenzie to renovate Pebble Beach Golf Links for the 1929 U.S. Amateur, in which Egan played and reached the semifinals.

    Death and legacy
    In 1936, Egan had completed plans for West Seattle Golf Course in Seattle, and was working on plans for the Legion Memorial Golf Course in Everett, Washington when he came down with pneumonia and died shortly thereafter. His funeral was held in Seattle and he was buried in Medford.

    Egan was named to the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Hall of Fame in 1985, and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

    Golf courses designed
    Coos Country 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
    Reames Golf & Country Club, Klamath Falls, Oregon
    Riverside Golf & Country Club, Portland, Oregon (front nine)
    Seaside Golf Club, Seaside, Oregon
    The Oaks at Rogue Valley Country Club, Medford, Oregon
    The Rogue at Rogue Valley Country Club, Medford, Oregon
    Tualatin Country Club, Tualatin, Oregon
    Walter E. Hall Memorial Golf Course, Everett, Washington
    West Seattle Golf Club, Seattle, Washington

    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 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships (team), Western Amateur, U.S. Amateur
    1905 Western Amateur, U.S. Amateur
    1907 Western Amateur
    1915 Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur
    1920 Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur
    1923 Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur
    1925 Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur
    1926 California Amateur
    1932 Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur
    1930 Walker Cup (team)
    1934 Walker Cup (team)


    Bob Duden

    Robert W. “Bob” Duden (September 5, 1920 – March 22, 1995) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.

    A life-long resident of Portland, Oregon, Duden compiled a remarkable record in sectional golf competition. He won over 50 tournaments in a 40 year career that included 23 major Pacific Northwest Section events; he won the Oregon Open a record eight times. In competition on the PGA Tour, Duden’s best showings were three 2nd place ties between 1959 and 1964. His best finish in a major championship was T-46 at the 1954 U.S. Open.

    Duden invented and patented the croquet style putter, which he named “The Dude”. When other well-known professionals like Sam Snead adopted this revolutionary putting technique, its popularity began to surge; however, the USGA banned it when tradionalists like Bobby Jones objected.

    Duden had 22 holes-in-one during his career. In his later years, he worked as a teaching pro at Glendoveer Golf Course, where an annual tournament bears his name. Duden was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Section PGA Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.

    Regular career wins

    1952 Oregon Open
    1953 Oregon Open
    1958 Almaden Open
    1959 Oregon Open, Northwest Open
    1960 Washington Open, Sahara Pro-Am
    1962 Oregon Open
    1967 Oregon Open
    1968 Northwest Open
    1969 Oregon Open, Washington Open
    1970 Oregon Open, Washington Open
    1973 Oregon Open
    Two British Columbia Opens
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