January 12, 2008--Life has many twists and turns, and nobody really ever knows how things are going to turn out. And for Las Vegas golfer and former UNLV Golfin' Rebel and All-American Chad Campbell, the road to the biggest stage in golf has been winding. If Tiger Woods would have decided to become a UNLV Rebel--he was THIS close--Campbell wouldn't have played at UNLV, and he has been quoted as saying he doesn't know where he would be without the tutelage and guidance he received from UNLV head coach Dwaine Knight, and the experience he got from regularly playing many of the best Las Vegas golf courses in practice and tournaments. And now Campbell is back on his game on the PGA Tour after some struggles, and he says that his confidence is up, mainly due to his failure during the 2007 Fed Ex Cup. For more ...

"I wasn't putting very good, I wasn't hitting the ball very good and I wasn't driving it very good, for sure," he told PGATOUR.com correspondent Helen Ross for a story written before the start of the 2008 Sony Open being played January 10-13 in Hawaii. "I could only improve on every aspect."

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Campbell was talking mostly about his entire 2007 season, and how he only made it through two round of the inaugural PGA Tour playoffs. But because of that failure, Campbell decided to play in the first four events of the new Fall Series, and he tore it up, winning the Viking Classic--his fourth PGA Tour win--and earned about $750,000 during the four-week stretch, He finished with more than $1.7 million in earnings, good for 49th on the money list. Without that Fed Ex Cup failure, Campbell probably would have gone winless in 2007.

"It gave me a lot of confidence going into this year and definitely made the off season a little more enjoyable," Campbell said during the story. Campbell parlayed the win into a tie for 12th at the season-openeing Mercedes-Benz Championship, and a check for $130,000.

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