Scott Masingill

Scott Masingill built one of the most remarkable competitive golf careers in Idaho history — and it began in Payette. Masingill grew up showing talent across multiple sports, including basketball and baseball, the family sport played by his father and uncle in the town that raised Harmon Killebrew. But when Payette High School determined he could not play both sports because of the class time each would require, his parents arranged hitting lessons with Killebrew for Scott and his cousin Brad. The Hall of Famer, noting their slender builds, suggested they stick to golf. Masingill had started playing at age nine, and when his father and a group of local men built Scotch Pines Golf Course in Payette two years later, he was hooked. He won his first junior tournament in 1967 and captured consecutive state titles with Payette High School before going on to Oregon State University, where he won the Pac-8 championship in 1971, finishing ahead of future major champions Tom Watson and Craig Stadler. He earned All-American honors as a Beaver. Masingill won his first Idaho Men's Amateur title in 1972, beginning a run across four decades that became the signature accomplishment of his career. He stands alone with nine state Amateur titles, the last coming in 2001, with victories in 1972, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000, and 2001. After winning his first junior tournament in 1967, he did not go a single season without a title until 1999. His career also included additional IGA victories, the 1997 PNGA Master-40 Championship, and time on the PGA TOUR Champions from 2001 to 2006. In 2019, the Idaho Golf Association announced that the Men's Amateur trophy would be named in Masingill's honor; he has presented the Scott Masingill Cup to the champion every year since. He was a member of the inaugural class of the Idaho Golf Hall of Fame. Masingill still lives in Payette, plays most of his golf at Scotch Pines, and serves as president of the course's board of directors, and he sits on the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Board of Directors.