Peter
Egan did play golf at Waverly in 1913 with Evans, and a group of elite Chicago golfers touring that season (not 1912), and later that year with Ray & Vardon. He was playing out of Medford at the time. He was the former amateur champ, and undoubtedly the best golfer in the PacNW (and a beloved Chicago golfer), so involvement was a natural. He did not begin playing out of Waverly in big regional events until 1914.
Early in 1909 it was reported in the Portland Oregonian that the club had purchased new land and was planning a new course. A month later it was reported in the Oregonian Barker was in town. Later in the year it was reported in Golf magazine Barker was designing the new Waverly. American Golfer reported Barker was designing a new course in Portland, and that report was repeated the British magazine the The Golfer. Around that time a Spokane paper reported Barker was designing the new Spokane CC course, and he came well recommended after designing the new Portland CC. There was only one CC in Portland at the time, Waverly. In 1910 the new course at Waverly was formally opened for play. The new clubhouse was built in 1913.
George Turnball, the pro at Waverly starting in 1911, and came from Columbia CC in DC, another Barker design. Turnbull would go on to design the first nine at Portland GC in 1914.
Egan moved to Oregon in 1912.