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
knew late
We knew what we had to do. We knew we had to get it done in the late innings.
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.
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.
eighteen fat giving gods golfing holes lady per until
Let the golfing gods take their toll. Kiwis don't surrender, not until the fat lady sings. Eighteen holes is still a lot of holes to play and I'll be giving it 110 per cent.
week
It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,
balls definitely eventually start
It's definitely frustrating. But we've got to look at it like the balls will eventually start falling.
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.
tried
I just tried to give us some confidence.
backside quite seeing today
Seeing Retief's backside all day today was quite different,
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.
fantastic played
I played all right and Monty played some fantastic stuff,
dreams match remember watching youngster
I remember watching this (event) when I was a youngster and I wanted to be a part of the World Match Play. And finally, I am a finalist. It's always been one of my dreams to fulfil.