Brian Campbell, who attended Mater Dei High School, won the John Deere Classic over the weekend. This week he's in Scotland for the Genesis Scottish Open.

Former Illini Brian Campbell won the 2025 John Deere Classic in front of a roaring crowd in his college home state

Brian Campbell is your basic throwback player on the PGA Tour, a golfer who relies on accuracy and short game in an era when just about everyone else is swinging out of their shoes with a driver to obliterate the game’s sense of scale. We’re not talking pre-Tiger era here. We’re talking pre-Jack. Maybe pre-World War II.