Marc Leishman
Name:
Marc LeishmanCountry:
AustraliaBorn:
Oct 24, 1983 in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.Original/Home Club:
Warrnambool GC, VictoriaOccupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2005Presidents Cup player (2013, '15, '17, '19). Multiple winner on PGA Tour, European and other international tours. PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (2009).
Following a successful amateur career, which included winning his home club championship aged 13, Leishman turned professional in 2005 and notched-up wins on the Australasian development tour (the Von Nida Tour). From 2007 he played two years on the US Nationwide Tour, before joining the full PGA Tour in 2009, and becoming the Tour's Rookie of the Year for that year. In June 2012 he won his first PGA Tour title after 96 starts in June 2012 at the Travelers Championship.
America
Zurich
Played as the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Apr 22-25; two-man team event: betterball rounds 1&3; alternate shot rounds 2&4). Winning team of Marc Leishman (Aus) & Cameron Smith (Aus) beat Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) & Charl Schwartzel (RSA) with a par at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th). The two Aussie winners each took home prize money of $1,069,300. [TPC Louisiana, Avondale, nr New Orleans, LA].
America
Farmers Ins.
Played as the Farmers Insurance Open (Jan 23-26). Second-placed Jon Rahm (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Leishman (Aus), who recorded his fifth PGA Tour win ... on Australia Day! [South course, Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA; earlier rounds on North & South courses].
Asia
CIMB
Played as the CIMB Classic (Oct 11-14; Asian/US PGA Trs event; PGA Tour 2018/19 season). Second-placed Bronson Burgoon (USA), Chesson Hadley (USA) and Emiliano Grillo (Arg) finished 5 shots behind Marc Leishman (Aus). [West course, TPC Kuala Lumpur, KL, Malaysia; at the time known as Kuala Lumpur G&CC].
America
BMW
Played as the BMW Championship (Sept 14-17; third of four FedEx Cup playoff events). Second-placed Justin Rose (Eng) and Rickie Fowler (USA) finished 5 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Marc Leishman (Aus). [Conway Farms GC, Lake Forest, Illinois].
America
MasterCard
Played as the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard (March 16-19). Second-placed Kevin Kisner (USA) and Charley Hoffman (USA) finished 1 shot behind Leishman (Aus). [Bay Hill Club, Orlando, FL].
Africa
Nedbank
Played as the Nedbank Golf Challenge (Dec 3-6; Eurpn/Sunshine Trs event; Eurpn Tr 2016 season; limited field of 30 top tour professionals). Second-placed Henrik Stenson (Swe) finished 6 shots behind first-time European Tour winner Leishman (Aus). [Gary Player CC, Sun City Resort, North West Prov, South Africa].
America
Travelers
Played as the Travelers Championship (June 21-24). Second-placed Bubba Watson (USA) and Charley Hoffman (USA) finished 1 shot behind 28-year-old Marc Leishman (Aus), whose final round 62 secured his first PGA Tour win. [TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT].
Awards
PGA Tour
Leishman (Aus) won the PGA Tour 2009 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 47th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $1,742,243.
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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