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Michael Campbell, 2005

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Michael Campbell, 2005

Michael Campbell clinched the 2005 US Open golf tournament at Pinehurst, North Carolina, with an 8-metre putt on the second-to-last hole. ‘I had a three-shot lead going to the last [hole] and I thought to myself: “Just keep your focus, keep your focus”. And it worked.’

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Garry Ahern, Golf – Changing face of golf, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39267/michael-campbell-2005 (accessed 20 June 2026).

Story by Garry Ahern, published 20 November 2012, updated 1 September 2016.