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New Zealand’s Michael Campbell made a comeback on the European Tour, but has expressed frustration with getting the Champions Tour started in the United States.
Fifteen years after his US Open victory over the great Tiger Woods, Michael Campbell and the trophy he won have agreed over dinner that they must be together.
No, not some weird golf ritual, but rather a witty response via Twitter, after Golf Digest resurfaced its article calling Campbell the “most disappointing” US Open winner in the run-up to this year’s delayed tournament. .
Campbell, from Wellington, based in Europe, first reacted to the story by tweeting a photo of the trophy that was left behind after the 2005 victory at Pinehurst No. 2, with a piece of paper re-labeling it as the trophy of the US Open “Underwhelmed”.
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After enlisting the support of fellow pros Ross Fisher and Lee Westwood, Campbell went back to go with another photo of a “sad” trophy.
It needed more discussion, so after a meal and a few drinks, Campbell posted on Twitter, it became official.
“[The trophy] He really opened up to me and said, “Michael, I don’t care what people say, you’re the one for me,” the caption read.
Golf Digest writer E. Michael Johnson responded to Campbell’s tweets with an explanation of the article that was originally written two years ago.
He held the pro job for Iowa club Jack Fleck, who won the 1955 US Open, at second on his “disappointing” list.
“Disappointing is not necessarily an answer to victory at the moment. It is with the luxury of having time to digest a fuller part of the winner’s career, ”Johnson wrote.
“As noted, Campbell was a reasonably accomplished player at the time, although he had had limited success on the PGA Tour. His victory was met with predictions of better things ahead, but that never materialized, mainly due to injury, something that probably would have been good to mention as well.
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So yeah, given a mulligan, a couple of extra sentences might have added the proper context. But I am the type of person who takes a ball off the tee and I prefer to take possession, be it my golf game or writing. I’ll take the pressure for maybe not a sufficient explanation, but I think the list, and any list is up for debate, is reasonably fair.
And a tip from the cap to Michael Campbell for his response. Definitely nothing disappointing about that. “
Campbell, 51, broke into world golf consciousness in 1995 when he finished tied for third at the British Open behind John Daly.
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Michael Campbell with his son and caddy, Thomas, at the Hero Open at the Marriott Forest of Arden in Birmingham in July.
He reappeared this year on the European Tour with his son Thomas as a caddy, and made his first cut since 2013 at the Hero Open in Birmingham last month.
In his previous tournament, the British Masters, he fired a starting round of 68 before a second round of 80 to miss the cut.
Campbell still hopes to play senior golf in the United States but, despite winning the US Open, he is not guaranteed a place on the Champions Tour. “I asked for 15 invitations last year and got one,” Campbell said in July.
