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
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.
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.
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To beat Retief in such a manner, I knew I needed to bring my 'A game' today, and I did,
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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.
finishing stumble
Fortunately enough I managed to stumble over the finishing line,
course darts difficult greens harder rain throwing today
The rain is making the course play so much harder and while it was like throwing darts at the greens yesterday, today it was a lot more difficult to find the hole.
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We look at the ways in which people use technology to automate processes. We don't look at the technology itself, and we don't look at market performance.
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.
air ball barrel good left piece plate trying
He just left the ball over the plate. I was just trying to get the ball up in the air for a sac fly. But he left it over the plate and I got a good piece of the barrel on it.