1909 U.S. Amateur: Robert Gardner wins at Chicago Golf Club
Robert Gardner won the 1909 U.S. Amateur at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois, beating Chandler Egan 4 & 3 in the final.
Updated October 21, 2026
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- Edition
- 15th
- Course
- Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois
- Format
- Match play
- Champion
- Robert Gardner · United States
- Champion's title
- 1 U.S. Amateur
- Runner-up
- Chandler Egan
- Final
- 4 & 3
- Entries
- 120
What happened at the 1909 U.S. Amateur
Robert Gardner, 19, became the youngest champion yet, beating two-time winner Chandler Egan 4 & 3 at Chicago Golf Club.
The draw
No match of the 1909 draw is recorded in our data yet beyond the final result above.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Amateur data set (research collected through October 20, 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the USGA's own record is used.
This year's champion, runner-up, result and venue come from GNN's first-pass host-sites table; the rest of the year record for 1895–1916 is still being written up. The draw comes from contemporary reports listed in the data.
Data: us-amateur.json.