Campbell makes his flight, but misses tournament

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HONOLULU (AP) -- Chad Campbell flew all the way to Hawaii and only got to play one round of golf.

And it wasn't even in a tournament.

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Chad Campbell made an unfortunate trip to Oahu.

In a fluke start to his season, Campbell forgot to sign up for this week's Sony Open in Hawaii and didn't realize it until he had made the eight-hour flight from Dallas to Honolulu.

"Not good," Campbell said on Thursday from his home outside Dallas. "I had actually thought about it on the plane, that there was a chance I didn't commit. I found out when I got off the plane."

Campbell landed last Saturday. The deadline to enter a tournament is Friday.

Worse than the trans-Pacific flight was missing a tournament where Campbell was the runner-up three years ago. He is at No. 64 in the world ranking, and was hopeful of a good start to the year to secure a spot in the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship late next month.

"It's one of my top five favorite tournaments we play all year," Campbell said. "It's one of my favorite golf courses. That's what (stinks) more than anything."

He played golf at a different course with his caddie and friends on Sunday then caught a flight back to Dallas.

Campbell said it was the first time in his career he forgot to sign up for a tournament.

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