Golf: Campbell bombs in Malaysia

New Zealand golfer Mark Brown's good form continued in Malaysia last night with a strong under par round but compatriot Michael Campbell's 84 has left him languishing at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Campbell had a solid start to his opening round of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur and was even with the card until the seventh hole before bogeying or double bogeying eight of the remaining 11 holes.

The 2005 US Open winner double bogeyed the par four eighth and ninth holes and did the same on the 16th and 17th.

Coupled with four bogeys on the back nine, Campbell left the course in last place - six shots behind the next highest scorer.

Brown was tied for eighth with a six under-par 66 - four shots behind leader, England's Nick Dougherty.

- NZPA