| Joe Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Joe E. Campbell |
| Born | November 5, 1935 Anderson, Indiana |
| Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Career | |
| College | Purdue University |
| Turned professional | 1958 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 15 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| Other | 12 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T29: 1958 |
| U.S. Open | T22: 1957 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T27: 1962 |
Joe E. Campbell (born November 5, 1935) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Campbell was born in Anderson, Indiana. He attended Purdue University where he was a member of the golf team as well as a co-captain of the basketball team. 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] He was also a member of the United States' 1957 Walker Cup Team, leading the Americans to a 8½–3½ victory over Great Britain.
Campbell turned professional in 1958 and 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; he also finished in Top 25 103 times. He played on the Senior PGA Tour from 1986–1989, 1995–1996.
Campbell made his home in Knoxville, Tennessee after graduating from college in 1957 until 1974. After his days as a tour professional were over, he was the golf professional at Knoxville's Whittle Springs from 1967–1974.[1] In 1974, he began working as the men's golf team coach at Purdue. Campbell is a member of the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame, inducted in 1969 and the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame, inducted in 2007.[3]
He now lives in his house with his wife, in Lake Wales, Florida. He plays on a golf course every few days near his house teaching some people how to play golf.
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