This Huntington native was one of the best amateur golfers in history. Campbell's father taught him golf at age three. At 15, he met golf legend Sam Snead, who became his lifelong friend. He attended Princeton University and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Like his idol, Bobby Jones, Campbell chose to remain an amateur golfer (meaning he didn't play for prize money), despite his talent. He won more than 30 championships, including the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1964 and 15 West Virginia State Amateur titles.

Campbell is the only person to lead both of golf's major governing bodies: the U.S. Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990. In 2009, he and Sam Snead were the first two people inducted into the West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame.

Campbell once said, "Golf is a game of misses and how you react to them. That applies also to life."