He was runner-up in the 2019 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship, only his fourth event on the Legends Tour. In 2023 he recorded two third-placed finishes at the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship and the Vinpearl DIC Legends Vietnam.
“Cambo”, as he is affectionately known, is most famous for winning the 2005 US Open at Pinehurst No2. He only made it into the Major through international qualifying at Walton Heath in England and became the only man to qualify there and then win the championship in the same year. He impressively held off the challenge of Tiger Woods in the final round to win by two shots and become the first New Zealander to win a Major since Bob Charles in 1963. Back in his homeland Parliament was suspended to allow them to watch the drama unfold and he was afforded a welcome home parade in Wellington.
Later that same year he would become the only player to win the US Open and the World Match Play Championship. He would be named the European Tour’s Player of the Year for 2005 and handed honorary life membership of the Tour.
Campbell started playing golf left handed for three years but then switched to right handed as he found it easier, while he believes that putting is the strength of his game.
A proud Maori, he also has links to Scotland through his great-great-great-grandfather Sir Logan Campbell.
He founded the Michael Campbell Foundation to help motivate and inspire young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.