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
crucial few finished nine together
We gelled very well together as a team. On the back nine we holed a few crucial putts and I finished it off on 17,
incredible
We gelled very well. It was incredible how we putted so well on the back nine.
challenge far great stop tiger
Tiger was so far ahead, you couldn't stop him. He's a great challenge and a great player.
achieve certain confidence golf seems strong tiger time
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.
enter percent remarkable season win
To win over 50 percent of the tournaments you enter in a season is a remarkable achievement.
adam crazy depends freak round tomorrow
If Adam doesn't go crazy tomorrow we've got a chance. That was a freak round he shot. It all depends what Scotty does tomorrow.
fire friend good great mine
Retief's a good friend of mine and a great player. But he didn't really fire at all today.
eighteen fat giving gods golfing holes lady per until
Let the golfing gods take their toll. Kiwis don't surrender, not until the fat lady sings. Eighteen holes is still a lot of holes to play and I'll be giving it 110 per cent.
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Last year was such an amazing experience for me personally. It helped a great deal that I had so much confidence in my equipment - especially my driver and golf ball. It's no secret on tour that Callaway makes the most technologically superior equipment in the game. That had a tremendous amount to do with the success I enjoyed last season, and I am extremely happy to be continuing my relationship with Callaway Golf.
good obviously position tough
Monty's obviously in a good position and he'll be tough to beat,
blocked bunker good great hard hip hit instead iron missed par played putt relieved seven sharp shot six three tried walk woke
My hip was a lot better when I woke up this morning. I'm relieved that I can walk around without any sharp pain. I putted great and holed some long putts, ... On 17, I tried to hit a hard seven iron instead a cruisy six iron and blocked it right. I played a good bunker shot but missed the par putt from three feet. That's life.
knock pedestal
I managed to knock him off his pedestal for a week.
beats focused guy notch open tiger
I'm a lot more focused now. When a guy beats Tiger (Woods), it's another notch in his belt. And it's the same way if someone beats a U.S. Open champion.
came quite shots stand tee three tomorrow wheels
I had it going quite nicely. And then the wheels came off. And the wheels came off very, very quickly. But you know, I'm going to stand on the tee tomorrow three shots ahead.