Joe Campbell (golfer)
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Joe Campbell is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Campbell attended Purdue University where he was a member of the golf and basketball teams. He won the 1955 NCAA Championship as well as the 1956 and 1957 Big Ten Conference Championships. During his amateur career, he also won the Indiana Amateur Championship three times, the Indiana Open twice, and the Sunnehanna Amateur in 1957.[1] His best finish in a major championship, which came during his amateur career, was T-22 at the 1957 U.S. Open.[2]
Campbell joined the PGA Tour in 1959 and competed for eight years. He received Golf Digest's Rookie-of-the-Year award in 1959. His 43 top-10 finishes[1] included three wins. Campbell also played on the Senior PGA Tour.
Campbell made his home in Knoxville, Tennessee after college until 1974. Before and after that time, he has lived in his native Indiana. After his days as a tour professional were over, he was the golf professional at Knoxville's Whittle Springs from 1967–1974.[1]
[edit] Amateur wins
- 1954 Indiana Amateur
- 1955 Indiana Amateur, NCAA Championship (individual)
- 1956 Indiana Amateur, Big Ten Conference Championship (individual)
- 1957 Sunnehanna Amateur, Big Ten Conference Championship (individual)
[edit] Professional wins
[edit] PGA Tour
- 1961 Beaumont Open
- 1962 Baton Rouge Open Invitational
- 1966 Tucson Open Invitational
[edit] Other
- 1955 Indiana Open (as an amateur)
- 1956 Indiana Open (as an amateur)
- 1958 Tennessee Open
- 1965 Tennessee Open
- 1973 Tennessee Open
- 1977 Indiana Open
- 1981 Indiana Open
- Five Tennessee State PGA Championships from 1965–1972
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Joe Campbell biographical information. Golf House Tennessee. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ^ Golf Major Championships. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
