Hole in One Golf Podcast - Michael Campbell - 2005 US Open Champion - Series #2 #legendsofgolf #greatestgoats #4 - a podcast by Jack Bull

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In this episode of series 2, the Legends of Golf series, I was absolutely privileged to be joined by one of New Zealand’s greatest ever sportsmen- Professional Golfer Michael Campbell. In 1992, Michael helped New Zealand win their first ever Eisenhower Trophy, where he would finish second behind his teammate Phillip Tataurangi. New Zealand beat the USA team into 2nd place, by an incredible 7 shots. The USA team featured future major winners David Duval and Justin Leonard.

Michael would soon turn professional, winning in his first season, before stunning the Golfing World at the 1995 British Open, after shooting the lowest round of the week, a brilliant third round 65, to take the lead. He would end up missing out on a deciding playoff by 1 single shot and John Daly would triumph against Costantino Rocco. As his experience grew, Michael would go head to head against Tiger Woods on numerous occasions and he managed to beat Tiger more than once! He became only the 2nd major winner from New Zealand, when he won the 2005 US Open, after Bob Charles had won the British Open in 1963. Lydia Ko would become the 3rd New Zealand Major winner in 2015. Michael Campbell became only the 4th player in the history of Golf to win the US Open and World Matchplay championship in the same year in 2005.

I reached Michael in Spain, where his teaching academy is based. Michael shares some amazing insights into how he gained a mental edge at the 2005 US Open and also channelled the Tiger effect to go on and win! This is an incredible Golf story from start to finish, that we can all learn a massive amount from, enjoy!

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Links:

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/driven-2003

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/extraordinary-kiwis---michael-campbell

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https://www.golf.co.nz/HighPerformance/NewZealandTeams.aspx#:~:text=The%20Eisenhower%20Trophy%20began%20in,count%20towards%20the%20final%20score.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Eisenhower_Trophy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxZgPU4kll0

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10332551 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/383559/michael-campbell-excited-about-return-to-professional-golf