Don Moe was one of the Northwest’s top amateur golfers from the late 1920s through the ‘30s. He represented his country twice at the Walker Cup in Great Britain.
Moe grew up in Portland and learned the game, along with his older brother Roy, while caddying at Waverly Country Club. He attended Washington High School and was the top high school player in Portland. Later, he would study law at the University of Oregon. Don's first big tournament victory was taking the Portland city championship at age 15. He won the Oregon State title at 18 and the Western Amateur at 19. Playing for UO, Moe was captain of the 1928 Pacific Coast Conference champions and won the individual title himself. He was a member of the Eugene Country Club while at Oregon.
Moe was just 20 years old when he teamed with the legendary Bobby Jones on the 1930 Walker Cup team. Moe won a memorable match with J.A. Stout, coming from seven strokes behind to win the match 1-up. His 67 set a match-play record at the Sandwich course. Don played with the Edward, Prince of Wales, the future King of England/ Golf pundit O.B. Keeler declared the Moe was "The Bobby Jones of the future". He was part of the 1932 Walker Cup team as well.
At home in Oregon, Moe won the Oregon Men’s Amateur title in 1928 and again in 1937. He and was a finalist three other times. He reached the finals of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association amateur championships three times and was a Western Amateur champion twice: 1929 and ’31.
Don Moe was inducted into the PNGA Hall of Fame in 2001.