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\u201cPlaying the Masters at Augusta has been my goal since I became a professional.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n He is not particularly talkative in front of a tape recorder (the mobile phone variety, of course) but it is more important that he is comfortable with his clubs when facing challenges out on the golf course. Born in C\u00e1ceres 33 years ago, a major star on the amateur stage (rising to number two in the world ranking) and a leading figure in university golf in the United States, Jorge Campillo has been rewarded for his talent and tenacity (10 years since turning professional) with his first triumph in 230 appearances on the European Tour: the Hassan II Trophy last April. We interviewed him at Royal Valderrama Club on the eve of the Estrella Damm N. A. Andaluc\u00eda Masters. <\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n It has been a long wait, 10 years, for you to finally achieve your first triumph on the European Tour. What were your first sensations when victory was secured? <\/b><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know really\u2026 relief, satisfaction, having finally succeeded. It was actually fine. I was getting close, with six seconds, and they say that, if you knock on the door many times, one day it will open, and that\u2019s what happened to me. <\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n What goals have you set for this year?<\/b><\/p>\n I wanted to win a tournament and I\u2019ve achieved that, and to play well in a major, so let\u2019s see if I can finish the season strongly.<\/p>\n Your experiences in the majors have not been all that positive, not having made the cut in any of the three you have competed in\u2026.<\/b><\/p>\n In the British Open one year I didn\u2019t play badly but I ended up missing the cut; the PGA very bad both times, this year a little better, but at the moment pretty weak. Let\u2019s see if I can play well in the British Open. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Climbing positions in the world ranking so you can opt to play in the majors will also presumably be one of your goals?<\/b><\/p>\n -Yes\u2026 Playing the Masters at Augusta has been my goal since I became a professional, and now I\u2019m not far away (top 50 in the world ranking, and Jorge was 68th at the end of June), but you have to play well from here to the end of the year to be involved.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Do you see yourself debuting in the Ryder Cup next year?<\/b><\/p>\n If they counted the rankings for this year\u2026 Obviously, you have to play very well to have a chance; you have to get into the majors. I have a lot of work to do but, well, some day maybe. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n It\u2019s not the first time you have played at Valderrama. What do you think of the course? <\/b><\/p>\n It\u2019s a complicated course and you have to be accurate, but I really like to come here. You can see the changes they have made in recent years \u2013 they have cut many trees, they have made the greens a little wider \u2013 and it is actually very good. There are no holes that previously might have been considered unfair. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Speaking of changes, what you have done with your putting seems to be producing excellent results\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n Yes\u2026 Last year at the end of the season I wasn\u2019t playing so badly \u2013 the results showed that \u2013 but I noticed that even playing well I had bad feelings with the putter. It didn\u2019t flow and I wasn\u2019t hitting the ball well, so I decided to go to Liverpool to see this man (Phil Kenyon, who assigned his assistant Mike Kanski to him) and from there I\u2019ve improved my putting. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n The American dream is, for you, still only that, or do you believe you could still make the leap to the PGA Tour?<\/b><\/p>\n It\u2019s true that it is difficult to make it over there. It\u2019s very closed, and it\u2019s not easy to get into the top 50 (of the world ranking) to be able to play the invitationals and the majors and thus have any option. If not, I see it as being very difficult. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n After your amateur career, and having been number two in the world ranking, it seemed as though though you could have had better luck on turning professional: that is, obtaining top results quickly\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n To be at the top as an amateur does not guarantee anything when you turn professional. There are many names who do succeed, but there are others who you do not even know where they are now. The truth is that I arrived on the Tour promptly \u2013 one and a half or two years after turning professional \u2013 and since then I have gradually improved, and I think I\u2019m meeting expectations a little bit. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Changing the protagonist\u2026 what did you think about Tiger\u2019s victory at Augusta?<\/b><\/p>\n Fantastic\u2026. It\u2019s good for golf; it\u2019s been good for all of us. I thought that he would never win another major, although perhaps a PGA Tour tournament, but it has silenced many of us. There were people who believed in him, but very few. And I believe he can win one more: let\u2019s see if he has some good fortune. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Although you are from C\u00e1ceres (Extremadura), your first contact with golf \u2013 at only three years of age \u2013 was in this area, the Costa del Sol. What are your recollections of that? <\/b><\/p>\n We were in Benamara (an urbanization located between Marbella and Estepona), and my father, who had never played golf, started playing for the first time at Aloha or El Para\u00edso, and he took me with him. 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