Ben Campbell’s focus for 2024 will be the Asian Tour
Ben Campbell’s focus for 2024 will be the Asian Tour
By Neville Idour
We chatted briefly with Ben Campbell after his third placing at The Hills Invitation Pro-Am in Arrowtown, near Queenstown, last month.
He returned home a few days before the event and afterwards said: “I felt pretty much golfed out so didn’t do too much practice. It was just nice to be home and sort a few things and jobs out. The golf wasn’t too flash but third was all right. It will be good to have a break now and work on a bit of stuff and tidy up in the off season before next year.”
Tell us about the LIV playoff experience?
Caption: Ben Campbell tees off at The Hills Invitation Pro-Am at Arrowtown, near Queenstown, last month.
``They do things so well. It was a great venue and everything is provided for you which is incredible. While it was a shame to not quite get there, it will be exciting next year. Now that I have a taste for it there will be a lot to play for then. Especially with the Asian Tour International Series the winner of that order of merit gets an automatic card into LIV. That is definitely a goal for next year after finishing third this year. It would be great to go a couple better.”
Campbell's focus in 2024 will be on the Asian Tour.
“It is looking good and the purses keep going up. There are some great courses over there. It has been good with a few of the Aussie boys there and next year more Kiwi lads should be there … a few more going to the Q school so hopefully they make it.”
What about the Australasian Tour?
``I probably won’t play too much in Australia as Asia will be the focus. I probably won’t start my year till February. I might look at playing the Victorian Open in the first week and then start back up on the Asian Tour in the third week. Following that it will be the New Zealand Open which is now part of the Asian Tour as well as the Australasian Tour.”
Campbell has shown since his return from injury that he has the talent to make his mark on the world golf scene. His stunning Hong Kong Open win in November over playing partner and one of the world’s very best Cameron Smith has laid a very strong platform for Campbell to build on.