Ben Campbell (New Zealand golfer)

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Ben Campbell
Personal information
Born (1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 33)
Masterton, New Zealand
Sporting nationalityFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Residence Queenstown, New Zealand
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) Charles Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Other1
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.

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Early life and amateur career

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

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)

Asian Tour wins (2)

Legend
International Series (2)
Other Asian Tour (0)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
112 Nov 2023 Hong Kong Open −19 (66-64-65-66=261)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Smith
27 Jul 2024 International Series Morocco −15 (68-70-68-71=277)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2024 International Series Morocco Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
125 Feb 2018 Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship −18 (64-66-67-69=266)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Ashley Hall, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Deyen Lawson

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2017 ISPS Handa New Zealand Open Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Hendry, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Kennedy Hendry won with par on first extra hole

Charles Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
12 May 2010 Carrus Tauranga Open
(as an amateur)		−19 (66-65-64-66=261)4 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Hendry

Results in major championships

Tournament2022
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ben Campbell Bio". The Open. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Charles Tour - Carrus Tauranga Open". New Zealand Golf. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Golf: Young Kiwis have to settle for second". NZ Herald. 24 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "2011 Srixon Australian Men's Stroke Play Championship" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. 4 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Past Results". Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ben Campbell has won the 2018 Horizon Golf NZPGA Championship". PGA New Zealand. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ben Campbell wins Hong Kong Open to upstage Cam Smith". The New Zealand Herald. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Kiwi called up for LIV Golf debut". The New Zealand Herald. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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