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
face slap
It's a slap in the face to the sponsors.
battle great match tough
It was a tough battle and it was a great match to win,
good stunning
It was a stunning 2005. Pretty crazy, but a good crazy.
australia commit europe global parts wings
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.
against felt golf knew last man nine open paul playing tension tough
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.
definitely early kept runners stuck
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.
balls definitely eventually start
It's definitely frustrating. But we've got to look at it like the balls will eventually start falling.
biggest guys half prize turn
It's disheartening that we have the biggest prize in the world and half the guys don't turn up.
ball course hopefully learn next rounds work
It's a course where you need to work the ball a lot off the tee, ... You've got to learn to like it and hopefully the next two rounds will do it for me.
biggest bit guys half prize turn
It's a little bit disheartening that here we have the biggest (first) prize in the (golf) world and half the guys don't turn up.
knew late
We knew what we had to do. We knew we had to get it done in the late innings.
week
It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,
beat bring knew needed
To beat Retief in such a manner, I knew I needed to bring my 'A game' today, and I did,
european game golf huge improvement learned past question success tour
Over the past 10 years I've learned a lot about myself and my golf game and without question the European tour has made a huge contribution to my improvement and success as a golfer.