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)