Golf

1986

Aug 16

Grace DeMoss-Zwahlen – Golf

(born Jan. 1, 1927) Grace DeMoss Zwahlen graduated from Oregon State, and then consistently topped the amateur ranks in the Northwest for a decade beginning in the late ‘40s. Born in Corvallis in 1927, DeMoss took to golf as a teenager and entered her first tournament in 1945, finishing last in the Portland Open. The..Read More

1982

Aug 29

Dick Yost – Golf

(Dec. 27, 1929 – Aug. 3, 1972) Dick Yost played collegiately at Oregon State, and then as an amateur throughout the Northwest for two decades. Yost grew up in Portland and took up golf in part because he lived close to Rose City Golf Course. He made his way to Oregon State in 1948 and..Read More

Aug 29

Bruce Cudd – Golf

Bruce Cudd (1934 – May 2, 2022) played his way from the fairways of Portland to the fairways to the most famous course in the world during the ‘50s. Cudd grew up in Portland and won the 1950 Oregon Junior Boys Championship. He then moved to the team at the University of Portland and honed..Read More

1981

Aug 30

Don Moe – Golf

Don Moe was one of the Northwest’s top amateur golfers in the late 1920’s and through the ‘30s. Moe won the Oregon Men’s Amateur title in 1928 and again in ’37 and was a finalist three other times. He reached the finals of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association amateur championships three times and was a..Read More

1980

Aug 31

Oscar Willing – Golf

(Oct. 16, 1889 – Mar. 2, 1962) Oscar F. Willing was one of the Northwest’s top amateurs throughout the 1920s and ‘30, winning the Oregon Men’s Amateur title five times as well as the PNGA Amateur twice. Willing grew up in Southeast Portland and earned his nickname, “Doc,” while serving in World War I as..Read More