Arthur Vernon Macan Jr. (1882–1964) was an Irish immigrant to Canada who designed golf courses in western North America, primarily in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.

[8] Introduced to golf around age nine, he became one of the top players in Ireland, and quickly tired of the legal profession.

He moved his family to western Canada and settled in British Columbia at Victoria in 1912.

[12][13] After the war, he returned to Canada and continued to play competitive golf and design courses.

Columbia-Edgewater (1924), Alderwood (1924; 1949 renovation), Astoria (1924), Illahe Hills (1928), Colwood National (1928), Lloyds (1930), Gearhart (1932 renovation) Hillcrest (1940; 1957 & 1961 renovations), Purple Sage Municipal (1963) California Golf Club (1925), Contra Costa (1925), San Geronimo (1961)[7] Macan died at age 82 in August 1964 on the Olympic Peninsula in Sequim, Washington; he had a fatal heart attack while working on site of what was to become the Sunland Golf Club.