Campbell admitted afterwards that he received a style of his personal medication from Holmes, who was not solely enjoying in his first West, but additionally in his first males’s championship.
In his semi-final with the pre-Championship favorite Stuart Grehan from County Louth, four-time championship winner Campbell received off to a dream begin,
After beginning par-birdie-birdie-par-eagle to go three-up, he gained the following two holes in par, misplaced the eighth however then made a 25-footer for birdie on the eleventh to go five-up en path to a 2&1 win.
A very good putter is a match for anybody, and the lengthy hours Holmes has spent practising on the inexperienced at house paid dividends.
After successful the primary in par and halving the second in birdie, he gained the fourth with a two-putt par from 90 ft, rolling in a 12-footer for the win.
Campbell was quick along with his tee shot there, and whereas he halved the fifth in birdies, he three-putted the sixth to go three down.
Holmes drove out of bounds proper and misplaced the seventh however received an enormous break on the eighth, the place he drew a very good lie means proper and received up and down from the entrance bunker for a half in pars.
From probably being pegged again to 1 up, Holmes was 4 to the nice half-hour later.
He made an 18 footer for a two on the ninth, gained the tenth in par to go four-up after which turned the screw by brushing in a 25 footer for a half in birdie on the eleventh, the place Campbell was stone useless in two.
“He most likely gave me a wee little bit of my very own medication,” Campbell confessed. “I’ve carried out that sufficient over time… It wasn’t meant to be at present. Dylan was the best winner.”
The remaining holes had been performed in excessive winds and heavy rain however whereas Campbell, 4 down with 5 to play after a bogey on the thirteenth, gained the 14th in bogey on the sixteenth in par, he might solely match Holmes’ 5 on the seventeenth.
As for comparisons with McIlroy, Holmes might solely smile,.
“He’s most likely one of many best golfers of all time,” he mentioned. “So I assume that is a fairly cool factor.”
In the meantime, Brendan Lawlor shot rounds of 72 and 80 to win the ISPS Handa G4D @ The West by 9 strokes from Co Sligo’s Alan Gaynor on 10-over.
