Marc Leishman

Marc Leishman
Marc Leishman
	Leishman practising for the U.S. Open, June 2011
Personal information
Born	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, Eva
Career
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia; PGA Tour
Professional wins	12
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
European Tour	1
Asian 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
Von Nida Tour; Money List winner	2006
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]

On 19 March 2017, Leishman won his second PGA Tour event, the Arnold Palmer Invitational. On 17 September 2017, he claimed his third PGA Tour event, the BMW Championship with a tournament record −23.

Personal life

Leishman is married to Audrey and they have three 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)

2001 Victorian Junior Masters, Victorian Boys Championship, South Australian Junior Masters
2005 Lake Macquarie Amateur

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (4)

Legend
FedEx Cup playoff event (1)
Other PGA Tour events (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	24 Jun 2012	Travelers Championship	−14 (68-66-70-62=266)	1 stroke	Charley Hoffman, Bubba Watson
2	19 Mar 2017	Arnold Palmer Invitational	−11 (71-66-71-69=277)	1 stroke	Charley Hoffman, Kevin Kisner
3	17 Sep 2017	BMW Championship	−23 (62-64-68-67=261)	5 strokes	Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose
4	14 Oct 2018	CIMB Classic¹	−26 (68-62-67-65=262)	5 strokes	Bronson Burgoon, Emiliano Grillo Chesson Hadley

¹ Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Season	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2015	The Open Championship	Zach Johnson, 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)
2	2018	CJ Cup	Justin Thomas	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	6 Dec 2015 (2016 season)	Nedbank Golf Challenge¹	−19 (68-68-66-67=269)	6 strokes	Henrik Stenson

¹ Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Season	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2015	The Open Championship	Zach Johnson, 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)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	6 Dec 2015	Nedbank Golf Challenge¹	−19 (68-68-66-67=269)	6 strokes	Henrik Stenson

¹ Co-sanctioned by the European Tour.

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	12 Oct 2008	WNB Golf Classic	−21 (67-66-66-68=267)	11 strokes	Keoke Cotner

Von Nida Tour wins (5)

2006 Cairns Classic, Nth Qld X-Ray Services Cairns Classic, Toyota Southern Classic
2007 Toyota Southern Classic
2008 Victorian PGA Championship

Korean Tour wins (1)

2006 Jisan Resort Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament	CUT			T4	CUT		CUT	T43	9
U.S. Open	CUT	T51		CUT		CUT	T18	T27	T45
The Open Championship	T60		CUT	CUT	T5	T2	T53	T6	60
PGA Championship	T48		T27	T12	T46	CUT	T60	T13	T71

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	1	2	2	6	3
U.S. Open	0	0	0	1	7	4
The Open Championship	1	2	3	3	8	6
PGA Championship	0	0	0	2	8	7
Totals	1	3	5	8	29	20

Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2016 U.S. Open – 2018 PGA, current)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament	2010	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Mexico Championship	T63				T28		T37
Match Play			R64	R16	T51	R16	T52
Bridgestone Invitational		T45	3	T33	55	T41	T14
HSBC Champions			9	T11		T38