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 his skill enough to become a fixture at the top of events throughout the Northwest for the following five years.

Cudd won the Oregon Amateur in 1952 and ’53, won the Western Amateur in ’54 and won the Oregon Open in ’54 and ’55. His second win helped earn a spot on the Walker Cup Team, which represented the U.S. against Great Britain and Ireland in the biennial event for amateur players. The U.S. won 10-2 on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland.

A semifinalist at the U.S. Amateur in 1953, Cudd played on the Morse Cup team for Oregon against Washington in 1952-55, and the Hudson Cup team that pits Northwest Amateurs against Professionals eight times between 1952 and ’75.

Cudd worked his way to the PGA Tour in 1965, but returned to amateur golf the following year. He was inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1982 and Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame in 1991.