Marc Leishman

For the New Zealand broadcaster, see Mark Leishman.
Marc Leishman
— Golfer —

Leishman practising for the U.S. Open, June 2011
Personal information
Born (1983-10-24) 24 October 1983
Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.
Spouse Audrey (née Hills)
Children Oliver, Harvey
Career
Turned professional 2005
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour
Professional wins 9
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 1
European Tour 1
Sunshine Tour 1
Web.com Tour 1
Other 6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T4: 2013
U.S. Open T18: 2016
The Open Championship T2: 2015
PGA Championship T12: 2013
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		 2009

Marc Leishman (born 24 October 1983) is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. In 2009 he won the Rookie of the Year award on the PGA Tour. He was the first Australian to win the award.

Career

Leishman was born in Warrnambool, Victoria. He had a very successful amateur career in Australia, winning many junior tournaments. He won the Warrnambool Club Championship as a 13-year-old while playing in the same group as his father. In 2001 he won the Victorian Junior Masters, the South Australian Junior Masters and was the Victorian Boys champion.

He turned professional in 2005. He played on the Von Nida Tour in 2006, winning two tournaments and topping the order of merit. In 2007, he played his rookie season on the Nationwide Tour finishing 92nd on the money list. He won his maiden title on the Nationwide Tour in 2008 at the WNB Golf Classic by a record-equaling (with Chris Smith) eleven shots.[1] He finished the year 19th on the money list to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2009 season.

Leishman was voted the Rookie of the Year in 2009 after recording three top-10 finishes, which included a runner-up finish behind Tiger Woods at the BMW Championship, the third of the four FedEx Cup playoff events. Leishman subsequently qualified for the season ending Tour Championship. He ended the year 53rd on the money list. He recorded his second runner-up finish of his PGA Tour career at the Farmers Insurance Open in 2010. He finished inside the top 100 on the money list in both 2010 and 2011. He reached the BMW Championship in both seasons.

Leishman won his first tournament after 96 starts on the PGA Tour in June 2012 at the Travelers Championship, coming from six strokes back of the 54 hole leaders to win by a stroke.[2] He shot a final round of 62, which included eight birdies and no bogeys to match his career best round and second best comeback in the tournament's history. He became the second Australian to win the event after Greg Norman in 1995.

At the 2013 Masters Tournament, Leishman was the co-leader after the opening round, alongside Sergio García, as he shot a six under total of 66. He maintained his challenge over the second and third rounds to go into the final day two strokes behind the leaders. He finished T-4 with Tiger Woods, four shots off the lead.

In July 2015, in The Open Championship at St Andrews, Leishman finished as joint runner-up after losing in a four-hole aggregate playoff during a Monday finish to the delayed tournament. After coming close to missing the cut after the first two rounds, Leishman shot a 64 during the third round and a 66 in the final round to finish in a tie for first place with Zach Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen. Leishman did have the sole lead of the Championship with six holes to go during the final round but bogeyed the 16th hole to drop back to 15-under-par and an eventual tie. In the resulting four-hole playoff, after finding a divot with his tee shot at the first hole, this led to a bogey while Johnson and Oosthuizen opened with birdies to open up a two-stroke gap over Leishman. A further bogey at the third hole left him three strokes behind on the final hole and out of contention but his tie for second place gave him his best performance in a major to date.[3]

Personal life

Leishman is married to Audrey and they have two children. They live in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.[4]

On 31 March 2015, Audrey admitted herself to hospital suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome. Leishman returned from preparations for the 2015 Masters Tournament to be with her. She was put in an induced coma, and toxic shock began to affect her organs. She was given a 5% chance of recovery. In mid-April, she had recovered enough to return home,[4] and Leishman resumed the Tour in New Orleans.

Amateur wins (4)

Professional wins (9)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 24 Jun 2012 Travelers Championship −14 (68-66-70-62=266) 1 stroke United States Charley Hoffman, United States Bubba Watson

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2015 The Open Championship United States Zach Johnson, South Africa Louis Oosthuizen Johnson won four-hole aggregate playoff:
Johnson 3-3-5-4=15 (−1), Oosthuizen 3-4-5-4=16 (E), Leishman 5-4-5-4=18 (+2)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 6 Dec 2015 Nedbank Golf Challenge1 −19 (68-68-66-67=269) 6 strokes Sweden Henrik Stenson

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2015 The Open Championship United States Zach Johnson, South Africa Louis Oosthuizen Johnson won four-hole aggregate playoff:
Johnson 3-3-5-4=15 (−1), Oosthuizen 3-4-5-4=16 (E), Leishman 5-4-5-4=18 (+2)

1 Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 6 Dec 2015 Nedbank Golf Challenge1 −19 (68-68-66-67=269) 6 strokes Sweden Henrik Stenson

1 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour.

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 12 Oct 2008 WNB Golf Classic −21 (67-66-66-68=267) 11 strokes United States Keoke Cotner

Von Nida Tour wins (5)

Korean Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament CUT DNP DNP T4 CUT DNP CUT
U.S. Open CUT T51 DNP CUT DNP CUT T18
The Open Championship T60 DNP CUT CUT T5 T2 T53
PGA Championship T48 DNP T27 T12 T46 CUT T60

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
The Open Championship 0 1 0 2 2 2 6 4
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 5
Totals 0 1 0 3 3 5 21 12

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Cadillac Championship T63 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T28
Dell Match Play DNP DNP DNP DNP R64 R16 T51
Bridgestone Invitational DNP DNP T45 DNP 3 T33 55
HSBC Champions DNP DNP DNP DNP 9 T11 DNP

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Marc Leishman runs away with WNB Golf Classic". Golf.com. Associated Press. 12 October 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Marc Leishman". The Times of India. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "British Open: Marc Leishman takes play-off misfortune in his stride after wife's illness". ABC News Online. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Marc Leishman returns to PGA Tour after wife's serious illness". ABC News Online. 21 April 2015.
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