
Standing on the easily reachable par-four 17th tee, three strokes behind playing-partner John Catlin from the United States, he pulled off a stunning eagle, birdie finish – something that Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond did to win in 2022 – to match Catlin in regulation play, when the American could only manage two closing pars.
A stunning 20-foot birdie putt from just off the 18th green then sealed the deal on the first play-off hole in the New Zealander’s favor, as he won his second International Series title after having pulled off a similar come-from-behind win against 2022 Open Champion Cameron Smith from Australia in last year’s Hong Kong Open.
The victory has moved him to number two in The International Series Rankings, which Catlin leads by some margin. However, there are still seven more International Series events to be played this season before the winner of the Rankings is decided. The top ranked player earns that life-changing place on next year’s LIV Golf League.

Looking at the statistics for last week, not surprisingly, Campbell’s best categories came in putting and short game.
He was a clear winner in Scrambling, with a super impressive average of 91.30%, followed by Japan’s Jinichiro Kozuma at 80%, quite some distance behind.
Remarkably, he was 100% in Sand Saves, making eight out of eight – which included three out of three in the last round. He was joint top of that category.
He finished third in Putts per Round, with an average of 27, and 10th in Putts per Green in Regulation, with 83.
He had solid statistics in other key categories such as Greens in Regulation (GIR), averaging 68.06% to finish tied 36th; Driving Distance, with a median of 299 yards for equal 26th; and Fairways in Regulation, with his 65% placing him in a share of 15th of the players making the cut.
However, the one category that really stood out, and a direct consequence of constantly getting up-and-down, was Fewest Bogies – which he topped with three. Teeing off in round four, the man from Queenstown had not made a bogey in 105 holes, not since his third hole in the second round of the International Series Macau presented by Wynn, his last Asian Tour event.



He was just a nine-hole stretch away from tying Korean LPGA star Jinyoung Ko’s incredible run of 114 holes in 2019 for the professional world record. And he was also close to American Tiger Woods clean sheet of 110 holes in his banner season of 2000, when he won three Majors and 10 events in total.
Bogies on the opening two holes and another on 12, quickly put paid to any records being matched or broken but it was still a brilliant performance by a golfer clearly entering the prime of his career.
Catlin barely put a foot out of place in the first three rounds, leading from the first round until teeing off in the last but like Campbell he also began the last round with two straight bogeys. However, an even par 73 final round while in the lead is not a bad outing under the conditions, and the current International Series Ranking leader should be commended for another fantastic performance for the week.
While Catlin’s stats were slightly better than Campbell’s pretty much across the board – Fairways in Regulation 66.67%, GIR 72.22%, Putts in GIR 1.67, Driving Distance 301.8 yards – making six bogies versus Campbells three proved to be the deciding factor in an exciting and extremely close fought battle.
Statistics Categories leaders at the International Series Morocco (of players making the cut):
- Average Putts per Round – Charlie Lindh (SWE), Phachara Khongwatmai (THA): 26.5
- Putts per GIR – Charlie Lindh (SWE): 1.64
- Greens in Regulation – Taichi Kho (HKG): 86.11%
- Fairways in Regulation – Junghwan Lee (KOR): 78.33%
- Driving Distance – Eugenio Chacarra (ESP): 331.60 yards
- Most Eagles – Yurav Premlall (RSA): 3
- Most Birdies – Jeunghun Wang (KOR): 22
- Fewest Bogies – Ben Campbell (NZL): 3
- Scrambling – Ben Campbell (NZL): 91.30%