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
beat believe game tools tough
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.
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.
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.
fine game players playing
There's a lot of fine players playing this week. I would not say it's a two-horse race. I think it's anyone's game this week.
game guys parts people promote share success
He said to me, 'Michael, from now on you have responsibilities to promote this game around the world.' And that's what I'm doing. I think it's important for guys to go around the world and promote this game. I want to share my success with people from different parts of the world.
bring eagle foot fourth game great knew mood round start today
I knew I had to bring my 'A' game today and I did. I had a great start to the round with eagle on the fourth and that set the whole mood of the game. But the most important thing was that I couldn't let up and had to keep my foot on the accelerator.
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'.
biggest concern quality quite
Quality was our biggest concern at the start, and we did quite a lot of testing.
beaten extra gives
I've beaten him -- that gives me an extra edge.
increased lead
I've actually increased my lead by one shot.
hang
I wanted to hang on to that lead.
backside great played quite seeing today
Seeing Retief's backside all day today was quite different. Obviously, he played great and he was holing all his putts.
backside quite seeing today
Seeing Retief's backside all day today was quite different,