Ben Campbell (born 20 August 1991) is a

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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

Campbell had a successful amateur career and was ranked as high as sixth on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. In 2010, he won the

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on the Charles Tour, ahead of Michael Hendry in second and Ryan Fox in third. He was runner-up at the 2010 and 2011 Australian Amateur. Campbell represented his country twice in the Eisenhower Trophy, the World Amateur Team Championship, finishing fourth individually in 2010 behind future European Tour players

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, Alexander Levy and Romain Wattel. In 2012, he represented Asia/Pacific at the

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in Portugal alongside Hideki Matsuyama and Cameron Smith.

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. 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

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at the 2022 Vic Open, an event part of The Open Qualifying Series, which earned him a start at the

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at the Old Course at St Andrews. 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.

Professional wins (3)

Asian Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

Charles Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur * Sloan Morpeth Trophy (representing New Zealand): 2010, 2012 *

(representing Asia/Pacific): 2012 * Eisenhower Trophy (representing New Zealand):

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