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
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.
best game good kept open scoring telling ugly win
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.
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.
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.
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.
european few guys playing quite stories tour
I've been playing the European Tour for 12 years now and got to know the guys quite well now, and there's been a few stories about the Ryder Cup.
competing events guys practical restricted seemed week
It would have seemed practical to play the two Hawaiian events like most guys competing this week but I am restricted to 10 and that's why I have had to say 'no'.
careful drives greens
Absolutely. The greens are firm, and there's a lot of trees. You've got to be careful with your drives at this course.
face slap
It's a slap in the face to the sponsors.
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.
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