Dick Yost (December 27, 1929 – August 3, 1972) played collegiate golf at Oregon State and had great success as an amateur, representing the United State in international competition.
Yost grew up in Portland and took up golf in part because he lived close to Rose City Golf Course and because he discovered he had a heart murmur during basketball tryouts. Dick then played at Oregon State from 1948-1951. He won the Northern Division title twice and participated in the NCAA tournament three times. At the 1951 event, he upset future pro Don January in the first round. While at OSC, he won the Oregon Amateur title in 1950.
In 1949, Yost represented Oregon in the first Hudson Cup, a Ryder Cup-style tournament pitting a 10-member team of amateurs and professionals from Oregon against Washington. He played in the tournament 12 more times through 1964, and he captained the Oregon team from 1962-69.
Yost was named to the 1955 Walker Cup team along with fellow Oregonian Bruce Cudd (and fellow OSHOF member), who was playing for the University of Portland. The U.S team of amateurs lost to a team of amateurs from Britain and Ireland on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland.
Yost won the Pacific Northwest Golf Association amateur title in 1953 and 1955, and the Oregon Open in 1958. He reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur twice, defeating Jack Nicklaus in match play in 1957. He was known as a great recovery artist with his approach shots and putting ability.
Dick Yost was inducted into the Oregon State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990 and the PNGA Hall of Fame in 1991.