Monday 7 December 2015 15:38, UK
The majority of professionals will go through their careers without tasting major success, but Michael Campbell joined an elite club when he claimed an unlikely victory at the 2005 US Open.
Campbell became only the second New Zealander in history to win a major title, and the first since Bob Charles more than 40 years earlier, by famously holding off the-then world No 1 Tiger Woods at Pinehurst.
A three-foot putt at the last had completed a dramatic turnaround for Campbell, who had gone in to the final round four shots adrift of good friend Retief Goosen but finished two strokes clear of the chasing pack.
Woods had stalked him over the back nine with three birdies in a six-hole stretch, but a missed birdie chance at the 16th and a three-putt bogey at the next left Tiger with too much to do as Campbell held on for victory.
Campbell may have only been able to add one more professional title before injury and a loss of form saw him spiral down the world rankings, but the 46-year-old still has lasting memories from that Sunday in North Carolina.
"It comes and goes in waves," Campbell told Sky Sports. "I don't think about it for three or four months and then someone brings it up on Twitter or Facebook or a friend of mine will mention it. I've got the trophy in my house so I get flashbacks.
"It was great to win my first major but what I enjoyed as a player was that I had the best player in the world trying to hunt me down at the same time.
"He'd [Woods] just won at Augusta a couple of months before, he was the best player in the world by far and it was me being the underdog.
"I found that an opportunity for me to prove to people that New Zealander's can play golf as well as rugby! It was obviously an incredible achievement but I felt it was my time to shine and my time to win.
"What I achieved as a player on the golf course surprised me a little bit. Obviously all young kids have tour dreams or want to win a major, which I've done and had some great fun along the way."
New life
Having followed seven winless years by missing cuts in all-but five of his 18 worldwide starts in 2013, the eight-time European Tour winner featured in just two events over the next two seasons before officially announcing his retirement last May.
The decision to call time on his career came as little surprise, with Campbell already heavily involved in coaching at that point and also embarking on a career in TV punditry.
Campbell has regularly featured as part of Fox Sports Asia's commentary team, while the New Zealander proved popular when making his debut in the Sky Sports studio during coverage of the Hero World Challenge.
"I've started a new chapter in my life. I stayed playing nearly three years ago so I wanted to keep in touch and keep connected to golf somehow," Campbell added.
"I've got my own golf academy in Marbella which has been fun, and the commentary work is fun as well.
"It was hard for me at first because I went from playing professional for 23 years or so, to being on the other side of the camera, talking about my friends.
"I actually enjoy it now and I feel like I bring something to the table, because I've played in 50-something majors and over 400 tournaments around the world so know what it's like to be in that circus.
"The academy is my way of giving back to the sport that has given me so much. We have a very exciting junior programmes and elite programmes, with aspiring kids who want to turn pro one day.
"That's always been my adrenaline rush, to give back to the game and I spend as much time as I can down there because now I'm not playing I've got more time on my hands."
Although Campbell is enjoying his current roles combining coaching and commentary, as well as spending more time with his family, he is keen on a return to competitive action again in the future.
"Unfortunately there's a group of us that all turn 50 around the same time!" Campbell joked. "Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker are all close by age-wise.
"At 46 I'm still four years away from joining that, but my intention is to play on the Champions Tour. That's my goal, to stay connected to the game for the next four years and then go on to get back playing.
"I remember a conversation with Greg Norman where he said his only regret was not spending time with his family. That has always stuck in my mind and now I know what he felt like because I've done the same thing.
"I'm enjoying spending time with my boys, who are 17 and 15, because I was absent as a father for such a long period of time and now I'm there to cook for them and actually live quite a normal life.
"It's very intense to be touring and it's tough being away from your family for long periods, so it's nice to stop, take a breather and just have some normal time in life before playing again."
