William Cammack Campbell, often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, became one of the most distinguished amateur golfers in golfhistory. Campbell was two-time President of the United States Golf Association and one time Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990. Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy where he won his first tournaments, served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II and graduated from Princeton University in 1947 with a degree in history. Campbell was a star in collegiate golf and swimming competitions while at Princeton. With little desire to play professionally, Campbell ran his family's Huntington insurance firm for close to sixty years, served in the West Virginia State legislature and sat on numerous corporate boards. Campbell was also the stepfather of Academy Award-nominated actor Brad Dourif.
Golf career
In his amateur golfing career, Campbell played in 37 U.S. Amateurs, including 33 consecutively from 1941–77. Campbell's victory in the 1964 U.S. Amateur at Canterbury Golf Club was his crowning achievement on the golf course. He played on eight Walker Cup teams from 1951 to 1975, captaining the 1955 team, and finished with an overall record of 11–4–3. He was runner-up in the 1954 British Amateur. He was three times runner-up in the Canadian Amateur Championship, in 1952, 1954, and 1965. He won three West Virginia Opens, four North and South Amateurs, and fifteen West Virginia Amateur titles. He won the U.S. Senior Amateur in 1979 and 1980, and finished 2nd overall in the 1980 U.S. Senior Open. Campbell qualified for 19 Masters Tournaments and played in 18 of them in a span of 26 years, more than any amateur in history. He also played in 15 U.S. Opens. Campbell served on the Executive Committee of the USGA from 1962–1965, and again from 1977 to 1984. He was the treasurer in 1978–1979, vice-president in 1980–1981, then served as president in 1982 and 1983. In 1987, he was named Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, just the third American to hold that post, becoming the first person to head both of golf's main governing bodies.
1957 North and South Amateur, West Virginia Amateur
1959 West Virginia Amateur
1962 West Virginia Amateur
1964 U.S. Amateur
1965 West Virginia Amateur
1967 Ontario Amateur, North and South Amateur, West Virginia Amateur
1968 West Virginia Amateur
1970 West Virginia Amateur
1972 West Virginia Amateur
1973 West Virginia Amateur
1974 West Virginia Amateur
1975 West Virginia Amateur
1979 U.S. Senior Amateur
1980 U.S. Senior Amateur
Results in major championships
Amateur wins (1)
Results timeline
Note: Campbell never played in the British Open nor the PGA Championship. LA = Low Amateur DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play "T" indicates a tie for a place Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10 Source for The Masters: Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: Source for 1949 British Amateur: Source for 1950 British Amateur: Source for 1951 British Amateur: Source for 1953 British Amateur: Source for 1955 British Amateur: Source for 1973 U.S. Amateur: Source for 1974 U.S. Amateur:
