Michael Campbell
Michael Campbell
Michael Shane Campbell, CNZMis a retired New Zealand professional golfer who is best known for having won the 2005 U.S. Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year. He played on the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth23 February 1969
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To beat Retief in such a manner, I knew I needed to bring my 'A game' today, and I did,
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Tiger was so far ahead, you couldn't stop him. He's a great challenge and a great player.
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Tiger seems to find that sense of confidence all the time. We try to achieve that every time we play, but it doesn't come to us that easily. We can all do certain things with the golf ball. It comes down to talent, obviously, and mind-set ? how strong you are mentally.
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To win over 50 percent of the tournaments you enter in a season is a remarkable achievement.
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It's a very fickle golf course. I've just got to be patient the next three days and pick up some ground.
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It's been a wonderful journey so far. I just want to ride this rocket as long as I can.
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It's probably a slap in the face to the sponsors and to the public eye, it doesn't look good, I think.
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It was pretty ugly out there. I kept telling myself: 'I'm the U.S. Open champion, I'm good enough to win this match.' It wasn't my best scoring day and I'll have to find my A game for Goosen.
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I want to play Memorial, but I can't play that now because of my restrictions. I feel that my wings have been clipped a little bit. I want to be a global player. I want to play in Europe and Australia and different parts of the world. But I couldn't commit to 15 events.
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The consensus here is that ten hours on a plane is too far. You get cooks, cleaners, a great house, everything is free, you're playing for a million. Yet it's still not good enough for them. I'm totally bewildered.
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It was a different kind of tension from what I felt at the U.S. Open over the last nine holes, ... Its one-on-one, you're playing against a man not the golf course. Paul was such a tough competitor. I knew if I just let up one second, he would be right in there.
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It's definitely frustrating not being able to get runners in when you get them on in the early innings. But we stuck with it and we kept confidence.
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It's definitely frustrating. But we've got to look at it like the balls will eventually start falling.
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It's disheartening that we have the biggest prize in the world and half the guys don't turn up.