Michael Campbell is urging Lydia Ko to set her sights on emulating Tiger Woods' dominance of golf.
Wellingtonian Campbell, who won the 2005 US Open, is in awe of the 18-year-old Ko, describing her achievements as "phenomenal."
Ko became the third New Zealander to win a major title, after Campbelland Sir Bob Charles, when she claimed the Evian Open in France this week. She is the youngest winner of a golf major.
Campbell believes that after taking a small break, Ko can set her sights on the women's Grand Slam, and breaking retired Swedish star Annika Sorenstam's record of 10 majors titles.
"She needs to break even more records, set her goals even higher," Campbell told Radio Sport from Spain, where he runs his golf academy.
"I think the most important thing is for her to re-set her goals now. She can be the first player to win all five majors...become the first person to win the grand slam.
Radiosport: Michael Campbell on Lydia Ko
"Thirteen wins on the LPGA tour in two years...that's ridiculous. This is like Tiger Woods stuff.
He dominated golf for 10 years and I can see Lydia doing exactly the same thing."
Campbell has not seen Ko play live but has been told the outstanding part of her game is toughness and course management.
"I'm over the moon...she is a great ambassador for golf and New Zealand," he said.
"She has got 20 more years at the top which adds up to 100 majors. She will be distracted off the golf course but I'm sure she has a great team behind her," he said.
"It's a real team effort and I'm sure IMG will do a great job in filtering out all the other stuff. She can go on to bigger and brighter things."
