Cambo
soared to prominence in 1995 by leading the Open at St. Andrews after
three rounds in his rookie season. Suffered a dip in form after that
sensational year, coinciding with a lengthy wrist injury. Fit again in
1998, regained his card despite starting the year with four missed
cuts. His great-great-great-grandfather Sir Logan Campbell emigrated
from Edinburgh in 1845. Became a father for the first time in August
1998 and attributed fatherhood and a strong family support for his
improved 1999. Ended the year in a blaze of glory, holding off
Australian Geoff Ogilvy, Ernie Els and Tiger Woods to win the first
counting event of the 2000 European Tour season, the Johnnie Walker
Classic in Taiwan. Continued his return to form by winning the Crown
Lager New Zealand Open in his home country and then won a second
successive European Tour event by claiming the Heineken Classic in
Perth before capturing the Linde German Masters in October. Stayed in
the race for the Volvo Order of Merit until the final week, eventually
finishing a career-best fourth. Defended his Heineken Classic title in
February 2001.Cambo continued his good form in 2002 by winning the
European Open and followed that up by capturing his first major, the
2002 Mongrel Masters, in his rookie year. Cambo became the first
player ever to play in all five majors and also to complete that in a
single year.
