(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 played through 1951, earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament three times. 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, and played in the tournament 12 more times through 1964. He captained the Oregon team from 1962-69.

Yost was named to the 1955 Walker Cup team along with fellow Oregonian Bruce Cudd, 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 ’55, and the Oregon Open in 1958. He was inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1982, the Oregon State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990 and the PNGA Hall of Fame in 1991.