Brian Campbell Facts: 10 Things To Know About The PGA Tour Player

Brian Campbell has secured a PGA Tour card for the 2025 season – here are 10 things to know about the American

Brian Campbell takes a shot during the Magnit Championship
Brian Campbell has earned a PGA Tour card
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Mike Hall
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Brian Campbell is one of 30 players who secured a PGA Tour card for the 2025 season via the Korn Ferry Tour Points List, giving him his second chance on the circuit after turning pro almost a decade earlier.

Here are 10 things to know about the American.

Brian Campbell Facts

1. Brian Campbell was born on 6 March 1993 in Orange County, California.

2. His earliest memory of the game was winning a $100 gift card after victory in his first event.

3. He played college golf at the University of Illinois, where he was a standout player, earning Big Ten Player of the Year honors in his junior season.

4. His first world ranking event came at the 2014 US Open at Pinehurst No.2, where he missed the cut.

5. A year later, the US Open marked his second world ranking event, only this time he finished T27 and was low amateur at Chambers Bay.

6. That earned him a congratulatory message from Chicago Blackhawks defenseman of the same name, Brian Campbell.

7. He turned professional soon after and made his Web.com Tour (now the Korn Ferry Tour) debut two weeks after the Major.

8. He secured his PGA Tour card in 2016 but struggled to retain it, and finished 180th in the FedEx Cup standings.

Brian Campbell holds his PGA Tour card

Brian Campbell won his first PGA Tour card for the 2016 season

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9. After several more years on the Korn Ferry Tour, Campbell finished seventh in the 2024 points list to secure his PGA Tour card for the 2025 season.

10. Campbell’s brother, Derek, used to play baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Brian Campbell Bio

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Full NameBrian Patrick Campbell
Born6 March, 1993 - Orange County, California
Height5ft 8in (1.78m)
CollegeUniversity of Illinois
Turned Pro2015
Former TourKorn Ferry Tour
Current TourPGA Tour
Pro Wins0
Highes OWGR172nd
Mike Hall
Mike Hall
News Writer

Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories. 

He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game. 

Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course. 

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.

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