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Michael Campbell (Golfer)

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The Resume

    (February 23, 1969- )
    Born in Hāwera, New Zealand
    Won the U.S. Open (2005)
    Won a prize of £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship (2005)
    PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit winner (1999-00)
    European Tour Player of the Year (2005)

Why he might be annoying:

    He shares his name with a musician.
    He originally wanted play rugby for the New Zealand All Blacks, but he ended up to choose to play golf.
    He was disqualified in the 1996 British Open for having the wrong signed scorecard.
    His performance in the 2001 WGC-World Cup was a disappointment.
    He was plagued by an ankle injury.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is a New Zealander of Scottish descent due to being a great-great-great-grandson of New Zealand politician John Logan Campbell.
    He is instrumental in helping out community sports clubs of his country with his charitable foundation, Project Litefoot Trust.
    He cameoed on the sports comedy TV show 'Pulp Short.'
    He was an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen's Birthday of Honours (2001).
    The prize of £1,000,000 he won at the 2005 HSBC World Match Play Championship is one of the highest prizes in the history of golf.
    He beat Tiger Woods by two strokes to become the first sectional qualifying golfer since Steve Jones to secure a U.S. Open victory.
    His accomplishments in golf in 2005 led to him winning the Halberg Supreme Award and also named as New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year.

Credit: Neo NX2004


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying