Campbell finished joint third alongside Goosen in the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai last weekend, an event won by little-known Korean Yang Yong-eun.

World number one Tiger Woods finished second, two shots behind Yang, and former US Open champion Campbell feels having big names involved in events across the world can only be good for golf.

Campbell said: "Look what happened 40 years ago when the big three of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player came around the world, promoted the game and made golf what it is today.

"Golf is heading in that direction now. It is a wonderful thing to have the top players in the world playing the game in all four corners of the world.

"It is very healthy to appeal to a broader range of people, from young to old and, more importantly, in different countries.

"Vietnam, for example, is finally picking up a few golf courses and hosting a tournament there.

"I believe we should spread ourselves around, not put all our eggs in one basket and I feel that is where the game is going right now."

Campbell is competing at the Hong Kong tournament for the first time in three years, when he finished joint 10th in 2003.

And the 37-year-old admitted he can hardly wait to test himself on the Fanling golf course once again.

"It's a course I really enjoy playing and one that's been around a long time," he added.

"I'm looking forward to taking on Retief, Monty, KJ Choi and the rest of the guys."