[1][2] He was an assistant to Carnegie Clark at Royal Sydney for some years before becoming the professional at Leura Golf Club in 1910.

[7] Campbell played in the 1911 Australian Open at Royal Sydney, finishing tied for 10th place.

[11] Campbell had a good performance in the 1920 Australian Open, finishing 4th, although he was 16 strokes behind the winner, Joe Kirkwood.

He had rounds of 79 and 73 on the first day to lead by three strokes from amateur Eric Quirk, with defending champion Arthur Le Fevre a further three behind.

[16] Later in 1923 he was runner-up in the Victorian Professional Championship, tied with Rowley Banks, but a distant 14 strokes behind the winner, Arthur Le Fevre.

[21] In the subsequent professional tournament he led the qualifying after rounds of 72 and 71, four ahead of Popplewell, before losing 2&1 to him in the 18-hole semi-final on the following morning.