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
certain certainly eight good helped mentality mode playing puts rounds six start
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.
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.
good obviously position tough
Monty's obviously in a good position and he'll be tough to beat,
blocked bunker good great hard hip hit instead iron missed par played putt relieved seven sharp shot six three tried walk woke
My hip was a lot better when I woke up this morning. I'm relieved that I can walk around without any sharp pain. I putted great and holed some long putts, ... On 17, I tried to hit a hard seven iron instead a cruisy six iron and blocked it right. I played a good bunker shot but missed the par putt from three feet. That's life.
boost career good move obviously plays
Obviously this is a boost to our chances. This is obviously a good career move for Bauer and something that really plays to his strengths.
fire friend good great mine
Retief's a good friend of mine and a great player. But he didn't really fire at all today.
control golf good great nine played
He played great on the first nine holes. That's good golf and you can't control that,
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.
good stunning
It was a stunning 2005. Pretty crazy, but a good crazy.
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.
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,
support
I think it's the Polynesian connection. I have a lot of support here and it's wonderful.
bit feet fingers golf last ready tapping tv watching week
Last week I was watching a bit of golf on TV and I could feel my fingers and my feet tapping because I'm ready to go now.
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.