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
week
It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,
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.
days fickle golf next patient pick three
It's a very fickle golf course. I've just got to be patient the next three days and pick up some ground.
journey ride rocket wonderful
It's been a wonderful journey so far. I just want to ride this rocket as long as I can.
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.
consensus good great hours plane playing ten totally
The consensus here is that ten hours on a plane is too far. You get cooks, cleaners, a great house, everything is free, you're playing for a million. Yet it's still not good enough for them. I'm totally bewildered.
bit came fast four start strange suddenly
It was a bit of a strange day. I made a fast start and he came back at me and suddenly I was four down after 18 holes.
cannot golf good yardstick
He's the yardstick of how good we can get. He does things with his golf stick that we cannot do,