William C. Campbell (golfer)

Bill Campbell
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	William Cammack Campbell
Born	(1923-05-05)May 5, 1923 Huntington, West Virginia
Died	Lewisburg, West Virginia
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Princeton University
Status	Amateur
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T36: 1955, 1966
U.S. Open	T23: 1954
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Amateur	Won: 1964
British Amateur	2nd: 1954
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	1990 (member page)
Bob Jones Award	1956
Old Tom Morris Award	1991

William Cammack Campbell (May 5, 1923 – August 30, 2013), often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, was an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association (USGA). He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.

Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and graduated from Princeton University in 1947 with a degree in history.

In his amateur golfing career, Campbell played in 37 U.S. Amateurs, including 33 consecutively from 1941–77, and won the event in 1964. 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 (7-0-1 in singles matches). 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 (medalist in 1979, 1980, and 1984), and finished 2nd overall in the 1980 U.S. Senior Open.

Campbell served on the Executive Committee of the USGA from 1962–1965, and again from 1977-1984. 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.

In 1956, Campbell was awarded the Bob Jones Award, the USGA's highest honor. He also received the 1991 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA's highest honor. He was inducted into the West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame in 2009 with Sam Snead.

Campbell was also the stepfather of Academy Award-nominated actor Brad Dourif.

Tournament wins (32)

• 1941 Eastern Interscholastic Champion
• 1943 Eastern Intercollegiate Champion
• 1946 Eastern Intercollegiate Champion
• 1948 Tam O'Shanter World Amateur
• 1949 Tam O'Shanter World Amateur, West Virginia Amateur
• 1950 West Virginia Open, North and South Amateur, West Virginia Amateur
• 1951 West Virginia Amateur
• 1953 West Virginia Open, North and South Amateur
• 1955 West Virginia Open, West Virginia Amateur
• 1956 Mexican Amateur
• 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)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1964	U.S. Amateur	1 up	Edgar M. Tutwiler

Results timeline

Tournament	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Amateur	DNQ	NT	NT	NT	NT	-	R128	R128	SF
British Amateur	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	R64

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T46	59	DNP	T45	T51	T36	T43	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	T23	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	R256	R256	R16	R16	R16	R64	R16	R64	R128	R128
British Amateur	R16	R16	DNP	R32	2	R256	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T36	DNP	T48	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T34	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP
U.S. Amateur	R64	R256	R128	R16	1	T8	T16	T7	T33	T39
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	-	-	-	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981
Masters Tournament	DNP	CUT	WD	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	T8	T14	T23	SF	QF	R256	R32	R128	DNP	DNQ	-	DNQ
British Amateur	DNP	-	DNP	DNP	DNP	-	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Note: Campbell never played in the British Open nor the PGA Championship (for which he was never eligible being an amateur).
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: www.masters.com

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for 1949 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 26, 1949, pg. 8.

Source for 1950 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 26, 1950, pg. 7.

Source for 1951 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 25, 1951, pg. 7.

Source for 1953 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 29, 1953, pg. 4.

Source for 1955 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, June 1, 1955, pg. 4.

Source for 1973 U.S. Amateur: [1]

Source for 1974 U.S. Amateur: [2]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1951 (winners), 1953 (winners), 1955 (winners, non-playing captain), 1957 (winners), 1965 (tie), 1967 (winners), 1971, 1975 (winners)
• Eisenhower Trophy: 1964

External links

• World Golf Hall of Fame profile
• Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame profile