tiger and michael.Well, Titahi Bay boy, but close enough for us.

Michael Camp­bell has pulled off one of New Zeal­and’s greatest sport­ing achieve­ments ever, by win­ning this year’s US Golf Open (held at Pine­hurst, North Car­o­lina). It’s only the second time a kiwi has won one of the four big majors, and it’s been a long wait between drinks since Sir Bob Charles win at the 1963 Brit­ish Open.

Those of us here at Wel­ling­ton­ist towers who have some interest in our com­pat­ri­ots off­shore sport­ing endeav­ours were glued to the TV screen all morn­ing, as the ‘Maori Tiger’, resplen­dent in his koru-laden Kia Kaha golf-shirt, held off a strong charge by the ori­gin­al Tiger (Woods) him­self. Our boy’s nerves held, Tiger fell by the way­side, and Michael had the lux­ury of mak­ing a bogey on the final hole to take the trophy, and the US$1M (and some) prize money.

Nice one.