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| 1964 William C. Campbell William C. Campbell, 41, of Huntington, W. Va., who had qualified 21 times, finally won the Amateur Championship at the Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio. Campbell had been a semi-finalist in 1949 and had advanced to the fifth round five other times. Campbell defeated Edgar M. Tutwiler, Jr., of Indianapolis, Ind., by 1 up in the final. They had been opponents many times in the West Virginia State Championship; Tutwiler had defeated Campbell six of the seven times they met in the final. Their match at Cleveland, played on a day interspersed with a chilling mist and showers, went down to the final green where Campbell stood aside to watch Tutwiler's 15-foot putt for a win curl off at the cup. The match was even after 18 holes. Fifteen of the afternoon round holes were halved. Campbell, 1 down after 28 holes, got back to even with a birdie at the par-3 29th. They then halved until the 215-yard 35th, which Campbell won with a par. The Championship was played under a revised format which had 150 players come to the site to play 36 holes of stroke play over two days to determine 64 qualifiers for match play. The co-medalists were Robert Greenwood, Jr., Cookeville, Tenn., and Marvin M. Giles, III, Lynchburg, Va., who scored 143. The semi-finalists were John Mark Hopkins, Texas City, Texas, who lost to Campbell by 3 and 1, and Dave Eichelberger, Waco, Texas, who was defeated, 3 and 2, by Tutwiler. Deane Beman, the defending Champion, qualified readily at 149 but lost in the first round to Vernon S. Novak, Jr., College Park, Md., by 4 and 2. |
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U.S. Amateur PAR AND YARDAGE – The Lakeside Course at The Olympic Club will play at 6,948 yards and par 35-35—70. The Ocean Course at The Olympic Club, which will be used for the first two days of stroke play only, will play at 6,786 yards and par 35-35—70. THE OLYMPIC CLUB – Sam Whiting, a former English professor at the University of California at Berkley, designed the Lakeside Course, which opened in 1927. Whiting also supervised construction on the Ocean Course. Following completion of the jobs, Whiting stayed on as golf course superintendent until 1954. Tom Weiskopf worked on the recently completed re-design of the Ocean Course. TICKETS AVAILABLE – Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.ticketweb.com. Daily tickets are $15 and a weekly pass is $60. Other ticket options are also available. Children 12 and under are admitted free if accompanied by a paying adult. COURSE SETUP – The Lakeside Course at the Olympic Club will be set for green speeds of approximately 11 feet, 6 inches on the Stimpmeter. The primary rough will be grown to 4 inches, with a strip of intermediate rough cut to 1½ inches in height. Poa annua grass covers the greens. The fairways are a rye and poa annual grass combination. The roughs also have a bit of bluegrass mixed in. USGA SLOPE RATING® AND COURSE RATING™ – The Lakeside Course at the Olympic Club will carry a USGA Course Rating™ of 74.8 and a USGA Slope Rating® of 143. The Ocean Course will carry a USGA Course Rating™ of 74.0 and a USGA Slope Rating® of 136. An "average" Slope Rating in the U.S. is about 113. TOTAL ENTRIES – The USGA accepted 7,398 entries for the 2007 U.S. Amateur. The most entries ever received for an Amateur championship was 7,920 in 1999 when the U.S. Amateur was played at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. WHO CAN ENTER – The U.S. Amateur Championship is open to amateur golfers who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 2.4.
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