Ben Campbell (New Zealand golfer)
| Ben Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 20 August 1991 Masterton, New Zealand |
| Sporting nationality |  New Zealand |
| Residence | Queenstown, New Zealand |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2012 |
| Current tour(s) | Asian Tour PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Former tour(s) | Charles Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Asian Tour | 2 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2022 |
Ben Campbell (born 20 August 1991) is a professional golfer from New Zealand. Since 2018, he has played primarily on the Asian Tour where he won the 2023 Hong Kong Open. He has also won the New Zealand PGA Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
Early life and amateur career
[edit]Campbell had a successful amateur career and was ranked as high as sixth on the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[1] In 2010, he won the Carrus Tauranga Open on the Charles Tour, ahead of Michael Hendry in second and Ryan Fox in third.[2]
He was runner-up at the 2010 and 2011 Australian Amateur.[3][4]
Campbell represented his country twice in the Eisenhower Trophy, the World Amateur Team Championship, finishing fourth individually in 2010 behind future European Tour players Joachim B. Hansen, Alexander Levy and Romain Wattel.[5] In 2012, he represented Asia/Pacific at the Bonallack Trophy in Portugal alongside Hideki Matsuyama and Cameron Smith.[6]
Professional career
[edit]Campbell turned professional in late 2012 and started playing on the PGA Tour of Australasia. In 2014, he finished 4th at the WA PGA Championship, two strokes behind winner Ryan Lynch, having led the tournament after an opening round of 65. In 2017, he was runner-up at both the New Zealand PGA Championship and the New Zealand Open, before winning the New Zealand PGA Championship in 2018.[7]
He earned an Asian Tour card via the 2018 Qualifying School, having finished tied seventh. In his rookie season, he was runner-up at the AB Bank Bangladesh Open, 3 strokes behind Malcolm Kokocinski. He also tied for 3rd at the Fiji International, an event co-sanctioned by the European Tour.
Campbell was runner-up behind Dimitrios Papadatos at the 2022 Vic Open, an event part of The Open Qualifying Series, which earned him a start at the 2022 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews.[1]
In 2023, he was again runner-up at the New Zealand Open before triumphing at the Hong Kong Open, where he birdied the final two holes to beat Cameron Smith by one stroke. He won US$360,000.[8]
In 2024, Campbell took part in a LIV Golf event for the first time, filling in for Cameron Smith on Ripper GC as a substitute after Smith withdrew from the LIV Golf Miami event after the first round.[9]
Professional wins (4)
[edit]Asian Tour wins (2)
[edit]| Legend |
|---|
| International Series (2) |
| Other Asian Tour (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Nov 2023 | Hong Kong Open | −19 (66-64-65-66=261) | 1 stroke |  Cameron Smith
|
| 2 | 7 Jul 2024 | International Series Morocco | −15 (68-70-68-71=277) | Playoff |  John Catlin
|
Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | International Series Morocco | John Catlin
|
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Feb 2018 | Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship | −18 (64-66-67-69=266) | 2 strokes | Ashley Hall, Deyen Lawson
|
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | ISPS Handa New Zealand Open | Michael Hendry, Brad Kennedy
|
Hendry won with par on first extra hole |
Charles Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 May 2010 | Carrus Tauranga Open (as an amateur) |
−19 (66-65-64-66=261) | 4 strokes | Michael Hendry
|
Results in major championships
[edit]| Tournament | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| U.S. Open | |
| The Open Championship | CUT |
| PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Sloan Morpeth Trophy (representing New Zealand): 2010, 2012
- Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2012
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing New Zealand): 2010, 2012
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ben Campbell Bio". The Open. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "The Charles Tour - Carrus Tauranga Open". New Zealand Golf. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Golf: Young Kiwis have to settle for second". NZ Herald. 24 March 2010.
- ^ "2011 Srixon Australian Men's Stroke Play Championship" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Past Results". Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Ben Campbell has won the 2018 Horizon Golf NZPGA Championship". PGA New Zealand. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Ben Campbell wins Hong Kong Open to upstage Cam Smith". The New Zealand Herald. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Kiwi called up for LIV Golf debut". The New Zealand Herald. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ben Campbell at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Ben Campbell at the Asian Tour official site
- Ben Campbell at the Official World Golf Ranking official site