(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 dentist. Back in Oregon, he set up a dental practice, and won his first tournament: the 1919 Oregon Coast Invitational.

Over the following two decades, Willing was consistently among the finalists in Northwest and Western tournaments. He won his first Oregon amateur in 1921 and won No. 5 in 1938. He won the PNGA Men’s Amateur in 1924 and ’28 and reached the final of the U.S. Amateur in 1929.

Willing was the first Oregonian to play for the U.S. on the Walker Cup team, which pitted golfers from the U.S. against those from the British Isles, in 1923. He played on the team twice more.

Willing was inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 1980 and the PNGA Hall of Fame in 1993.