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.
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 Carrus Tauranga Open 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 Joachim B. Hansen, Alexander Levy and Romain Wattel. In 2012, he represented Asia/Pacific at the Bonallack Trophy 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 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.
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.
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.
Professional wins (4) Asian Tour wins (2) Legend International Series (2) Other Asian Tour (0) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up112 Nov 2023Hong Kong Open−19 (66-64-65-66=261)1 stroke Cameron Smith27 Jul 2024International Series Morocco−15 (68-70-68-71=277)Playoff John Catlin
Asian Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12024International Series Morocco John CatlinWon with birdie on first extra hole
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up125 Feb 2018Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship−18 (64-66-67-69=266)2 strokes Ashley Hall, Deyen Lawson
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12017ISPS Handa New Zealand Open Michael Hendry, Brad KennedyHendry won with par on first extra hole
Charles Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up12 May 2010Carrus Tauranga Open(as an amateur)−19 (66-65-64-66=261)4 strokes Michael Hendry
Results in major championships Tournament2022Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances Amateur Sloan Morpeth Trophy (representing New Zealand): 2010, 2012 Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2012 Eisenhower Trophy (representing New Zealand): 2010, 2012
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