Golf champion Michael Campbell sells in Vaucluse, lured by greens of Europe
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Golf champion Michael Campbell and his wife, Julie, have sold their Vaucluse abode for about $6.5 million, with the couple deciding to move to Switzerland so as to educate their two boys at an international school.
The New Zealand-born Campbell has also recently been mostly playing on the European circuit, with earnings in eight of his 22 appearances totalling €77,000 so far this year.
With beach, reserve and harbour views, the Polynesian-inspired pavilion house was designed by architect Peter Muller in the late 1960s for the Schwartz family.
Its interiors were designed by Garth Barnett.
Spanning three levels, the Palmerston Street house comes with four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
The renovated 525-square-metre holding, which sits on the Watsons Bay border, was bought for $6.5 million in September last year, following the $9.4 million sale of the Campbells’ previous home, Kinnelar, at nearby Parsley Bay during the same month. It last traded for $2.9 million in 2001.
Over the years the Campbells have lived the tournament circuit staying variously at homes in Britain, the Bahamas and Sydney.
His first career major was the 2005 US Open with $1.17 million prize money. The then 36-year-old Campbell, four off the pace overnight, collected four birdies and three bogeys to win by two from Tiger Woods, who had been chasing his 10th career major. He also won the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year.
The Vaucluse house was sold through Laing+Simmons Double Bay's Bart Doff.