William Cammack Campbell (May 5, 1923 – August 30, 2013), often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, became one of the most distinguished amateur golfers in golf history. Campbell was two-time President of the United States Golf Association (USGA) 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.

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William C. Campbell
Personal information
Full name	William Cammack Campbell
Born	(1923-05-05)May 5, 1923 Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	August 30, 2013(2013-08-30) (aged 90) Lewisburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	Princeton University
Status	Amateur
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T36: 1955, 1966
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	T23: 1954
The Open 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

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William C. Campbell
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	Army

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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.

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.^[1] 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 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.

In 1956, Campbell was awarded the Bob Jones Award, the USGA's highest honor. Campbell was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990. 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.^[2]

• 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

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1951 (winners), 1953 (winners), 1955 (winners, playing captain), 1957 (winners), 1965 (tied, cup retained), 1967 (winners), 1971, 1975 (winners)
• Eisenhower Trophy: 1964
• Americas Cup: 1952 (winners), 1954 (winners), 1956 (winners), 1965, 1967 (winners)