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
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I wrote down what I did that week: what I ate and drank, what I did before and after I played. Every single facet. I'll do the same routine for the rest of my life if I win more.
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I think it's the Polynesian connection. I have a lot of support here and it's wonderful.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Most of the players would probably agree with me that the reason we've improved so much over the last five or six years is because of Tiger. We had to. He came out all guns blazing, and he was like streaks ahead of us. We had to do something.
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My big buzz really is to have some sort of influence on junior golf back home,
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My mum and dad have just arrived from New Zealand and they are shocked just as I am but it leads me to be now concerned about security and safety next week for the British Open,
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My putting was very average. Basically, I wasn't there. My mind was focusing back to what happened two weeks ago, I think, and just wasn't on the job today. Hopefully the next three days I'll shoot low and be in contention.
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Match play is such a fickle game, the format, because things can change very, very quickly with one hole, ... Paul played great. He hit a great approach on six and seven. Fortunately enough, I was able to stumble over the finishing line with a couple of wins on 16 and 17. I'm just very lucky to win this event.
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The previous champions are all of the greats in golf,
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With our current liquidity and the protections provided by the bankruptcy code...we are confident we will have adequate financial resources to continue to operate uninterrupted during the brief course of our Chapter 11 cases, ... We anticipate that the vast majority of the studios and distributors, as well as our vendors, will recognize the value of doing business with us long term.
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Unfortunately, due to my category or status I only can play 10 events in America unless, of course I join the US Tour and then I can play whatever I want to play.