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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Seeing Retief's backside all day today was quite different. Obviously, he played great and he was holing all his putts.
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Seeing Retief's backside all day today was quite different,
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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.
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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'.
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Quality was our biggest concern at the start, and we did quite a lot of testing.
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I've beaten him -- that gives me an extra edge.
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I've actually increased my lead by one shot.
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I wanted to hang on to that lead.
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Every part of his game is very sound, very sharp. He's going to be tough to beat tomorrow. But I believe I've got the tools to beat him.
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Yeah, it puts you in a certain mode of play. After playing six rounds, eight rounds of match-play golf, certainly helped my mentality for this week. So, it's probably a good start for this week, preparation-wise.
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I would like to stay a city employee, because I'm a keeper of my zoo. Poor Josh is just like an old slave.
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My big buzz really is to have some sort of influence on junior golf back home,
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Match play is such a fickle game, the format, because things can change very, very quickly with one hole, ... Paul played great. He hit a great approach on six and seven. Fortunately enough, I was able to stumble over the finishing line with a couple of wins on 16 and 17. I'm just very lucky to win this event.
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Most of the players would probably agree with me that the reason we've improved so much over the last five or six years is because of Tiger. We had to. He came out all guns blazing, and he was like streaks ahead of us. We had to do something.