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Golf IQ Open Championship Player Guide - 2021

Marc Leishman (bio)

Marc Leishman Bio - (C) GOLFstats Inc. 2020

Leishman won the Warrnambool Golf Club championship at age 13 while playing in the same group as his father. He likes to surf and watch Australian Rules Football, but his favorite sport is cricket. Says it is tough to explain cricket to Americans, but it is a lot like golf because it lasts a long time, requires you to pace yourself, use strategic decision-making and take risks at the right time. Has played in the Presidents Cup in 2013, '15, '17 & '19.

2007 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 8; In Money - 5; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 70.77 (rank N/A); Money - $63,643 (rank 92nd); Best Finish - T-3rd, Jacob's Creek Open Championship.

2008 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 25; In Money - 9; Top-10 Finishes - 5; Scoring Average - 70.44 (rank 19th); Money - $244,224 (rank 19th); Best Finish - 1st, WNB Golf Classic.

Leishman was a rookie on the PGA Tour in 2009 after placing 19th on the 2008 Korn Ferry Tour money list, just 56 cents ahead of the 20th position. Voted PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2009 after recording three top-10 finishes, including a T-2nd at the BMW Championship.

Finished 59th on the 2010 PGA Tour money list, with a runner-up showing at the Farmers Insurance Open.

2011 Notes: Finished 100th on the money list and 65th in the FedExCup standings with two top-10 finishes.

2012 Notes: Picked up his first win on the PGA Tour after coming from six strokes off the lead at the Travelers Championship. Was T-20th entering the final round. Fired a bogey-free, eight-under 62, matching his career-best round and the second-best comeback in tournament history. Finished his round two hours and 22 minutes before the last putt dropped. Ended the year 46th in the FedExCup standings and 41st on the money list.

2013 Notes: Posted four top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour: T-4th at the Masters, T-8th at The Players Championship, T-9th at the Sony Open in Hawaii, and T-9 at the RBC Heritage. Finished the year 59th in the FedExCup standings and 60th on the money list.

2014 Notes: Claimed a career-best six top-10 finishes in 18 starts, highlighted by a 2nd-place finish at the Farmers Insurance Open and a pair of 3rd-place finishes at the HP Byron Nelson and WGC-Bridgestone. Also had a pair of 5th-place finishes at the Sony Open in Hawaii and the British Open. For the sixth consecutive season, he made it to the FedExCup playoffs, where he competed in the first three events. The season ended after the BMW Championship, where he settled in at 58th in the final FedExCup standings and 32nd on the money list.

2015 Notes: Finished once in the top-10, a 9th-place result at the WGC-HSBC Champions. Qualified for the Masters but was not able to play due to a life-changing experience during which his wife, Audrey, endured a series of medical setbacks over the course of many weeks. Thankfully, she recovered and urged Marc to play at the Zurich Classic. He finished T-28th in New Orleans, then T-9th at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play. The next week, Audrey and her two sons were able to make the trip to Ponte Vedra Beach for The Players Championship, where Marc finished T-24th. At The Memorial, he finished T-5th. At the British Open, he was the final-round leader until he bogeyed the 16th hole. Lost to Zach Johnson in a three-man playoff to finish runner-up. Ended the year 72nd in the FedExCup standings and 51st on the money list. He played in his first Presidents Cup and went 1-2-1 in his four matches.

2016 Notes: Won the European Tour's Nedbank Golf Challenge by six strokes over Henrik Stenson. On the PGA Tour, had two top-10s in 25 starts: Finished T-5th at the Northern Trust Open and T-9th at the Travelers Championship. Was 68th in the FedExCup standings and 68th on the money list.

2017 Notes: Started his year with a 5th-place result at the CIMB Classic. Finished T-9th at the ISPS Handa World Cup with teammate Adam Scott on the Australia team at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Australia in late November. After starting the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational three shots off the lead, he made a 51-foot, 5-inch putt for eagle at the par-5 16th hole to take a one-shot lead. With pars on his last two holes, he finished at 11-under 277, which was good enough for the win. The next week, he reached the round of 16, where he lost to Phil Mickelson, finishing T-9th at the WGC-Dell Match Play Championship. Was back in the top-10 at the Quicken Loans National, shooting a final-round 66 to finish T-5th. At the British Open, shot 66-65 over the weekend to finish T-6th. Played in all four FedExCup playoff events. After missing the cut at the Northern Trust, Leishman finished 3rd at the Dell Technologies Championship, four shots behind winner Justin Thomas. At the BMW Championship, was a wire-to-wire winner after shooting rounds of 62-64-68-67 for a five-stroke margin of victory. Finished T-24th at the Tour Championship and ended the season 6th in the FedExCup standings. Extended his overall record to 3-7-3 in his third Presidents Cup competition as he didn't win a match and was 0-3-2 at Liberty National. Ended the 2017 season with a T-4th finish at the Australian PGA Championship.

2018 Notes: Played 25 PGA Tour events, making 22 cuts with six top-10 finishes. Was 29th in the FedExCup standings. Was runner-up at the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges, losing a playoff with Justin Thomas. Finished T-7th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, T-8th at the Farmers Insurance Open, and T-7th at the WGC-Mexico Championship. Was 9th at the Masters and had his second runner-up of the year at the AT&T Byron Nelson, finishing three strokes behind winner Aaron Wise, his last top-10 of the year.

2019 Notes: Played in 21 PGA Tour events, making 17 cuts with seven top-10 finishes. Was 24th in the FedExCup standings. Fired a final-round 65 at the CIMB Classic for a five-stroke victory. The win came in his 250th start at the age of 34 years, 11 months, 21 days. Was 2nd at the Australian PGA Championship, two strokes behind winner Cameron Smith. Was T-4th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, and the next week finished T-3rd at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Was T-4th at the Genesis Open, three strokes behind winner J.B. Holmes. Advanced out of group play into the round of 16 at the WGC-Dell Match Play, losing to Louis Oosthuizen, 2 & 1, for a T-9th result. Unfortunately, Leishman withdrew hours before his first-round tee time at the AT&T Byron Nelson, citing a back injury. Played at the PGA Championship with no signs of a back problem, but missed the cut. Finished 5th at the Memorial and 3rd at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, four strokes behind winner Brooks Koepka. In the FedExCup playoffs, missed the cut at the BMW Championship, was T-19th at the BMW Championship, and T-24th at the Tour Championship. Competed in his fourth Presidents Cup and played in all five matches with a 1-2-2 record. Halved his singles match with Rickie Fowler. Finished the year with a T-10th at the Emirates Australian Open.

2020 Notes: Played in 18 PGA Tour events, making 13 cuts with three top-10 finishes. Was 29th in the FedExCup standings. With a final-round 65, he finished 3rd at the Safeway Open, three strokes behind winner Cameron Champ. Shot a final-round 65 to win the Farmers Insurance Open by a stroke over Jon Rahm. Finished 2nd at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a stroke behind winner Tyrell Hatton. It's the third time he has finished in the top three in this event. After the break from COVID-19 wasn't able to finish better than his 29th place in the Tour Championship. In the other three FedExCup playoff events, missed the cut at the Northern Trust and was 69th at the BMW Championship.

2021 Notes: Played in 24 PGA Tour events making 18 cuts with four top-ten finishes. Was 42nd in the FedExCup standings. Shot rounds of 66-65-65-65 to finish T-4th at the Sony Open in Hawaii, two shots back of winner Kevin Na. Was T-5th at the Masters, four shots back of winner Hideki Matsuyama. Won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner Cameron Smith, earning his sixth PGA Tour title and first since the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open. The Australian team defeated the South African pair of Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel in a playoff with a par on the first extra hole. Shot a final-round 64 to finish 3rd at the Travelers Championship a shot back of the English/Hickok playoff. Represented Australia at the Tokyo Olympic Games finishing T-51st. In the FedExCup Playoffs was T-47th at the Northern Trust and 51st at the BMW Championship.

2022 Notes: Shot a final-round 65 to finish T-4th, four shots back of winner Max Homa at the Fortinet Championship. Shot a final-round 63 at the Shriners Children's Open to finish T-3rd, five shots back of winner Sungjae Im. Was T-10th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and finished T-14th at the U.S. Open.

- World Rank: 197 - Born: Oct 24, 1983, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia - Age: 41y 2m 20d Back to Field

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Outlook: West coast swing is always good for him, plays well at the Sony Open in Hawaii, Farmers and Genesis. Also he will get to play at the Sentry TofC, his last two starts was T-7th in 2018 and T-4th in 2019 so maybe if his price is low could be a sleeper.
This Past Year: Another good year returning to the Tour Championship for the fifth time. Made it back to the winners circle for a fifth time with his Farmers Insurance Open victory, Leishman played his best golf before the break for COVID-19. Since his return in June only finished once in the top-30 at the Tour Championship.
Past Performance Results and Statistics
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (last 10 years) Open Championship Home Page
YearDateCoursePlaceScoreToPar1st2nd3rd4thMoney
2024Jul 21,2024Royal Troon Golf ClubDNP
2023Jul 23,2023Royal Liverpool Golf ClubDNP
2022Jul 17,2022Old Course at St. AndrewsCUT1506767400$0
2021Jul 18,2021Royal St. George's Golf ClubCUT1422756700$0
2019Jul 21,2019Royal Portrush G.C.CUT1508787200$0
2018Jul 22,2018Carnoustie Golf Links60289572726976$25,800
2017Jul 23,2017Royal Birkdale G.C.T6276-469766665$281,000
2016Jul 17,2016Royal Troon Golf ClubT53291774697573$22,103
2015Jul 20,2015Old Course at St. AndrewsT2273-1570736466$837,262
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP STATS (All)
Played In11
Rounds Played34
Avg Place62
Scoring Avg71.56
Low Round64
Wins0
Top 10s3
Top 25s3

Tournament Record (last 12 months) PGA TOUR Record - European Tour Record
DateNameTourCoursePlaceScoreToPar1st2nd3rd4thMoney
Dec 1,2024ISPS Handa Australian OpenEURKingston Heath Golf ClubT3273-1468686869$67,464
Nov 24,2024BMW Australian PGA Champ EURRoyal Queensland Golf ClubT3202-116766690$73,379
Tour Statistics (Last 12 Mo)
Events Played2
Rounds Played7
Avg Place3
Scoring Avg67.86
Low Round66
Wins0
Top 10s2
Top 25s2
Recent, Major and Career Results
Events Played Avg Place Wins Top 10s%Top 10 Top 25s%Top 25 Cuts Made%Cuts Made Rds in 60s %Rds in 60sRds Played Rds Undr Par%Rds Undr Par Within 5%Within 5 Scoring Avg Money
Past 12 Months 2 46.00 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 4 50.0% 8 5 62.5% 0 0.0% 70.13 $136,500
All Career Majors 44 56.91 0 6 13.6% 11 25.0% 28 63.6% 30 20.8% 144 45 31.3% 19 43.2% 72.00 $4,108,420
Total Career Results 336 48.10 6 56 16.7% 114 33.9% 249 74.1% 431 38.2% 1127 568 50.4% 139 41.4% 70.60 $35,374,825
Note: All tables can be sorted by column clicking on the column headers. For "avg place", a missed cut or wd counts as a place of 100. "Within 5" is the number of times the player has entered the final round within 5 shots of the lead.

Strengths and Weaknesses of Game: Statistically 2020 was a terrible year for him as he was way down in all categories. Matter of fact, Leishman only had three top-25s for the year, his win in San Diego, runner-up at the Palmer and 3rd at the Safeway Open.

Have to think he needs to regain some of the luster he had on the greens and improve a bit in shots from tee-to-green.

Best and Worst Courses and Tournaments: His value is always the best early in the year, if your looking for him in one event think about taking him at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Career Performance per Month
Events Played Avg Place Wins Top 10s%Top 10 Top 25s%Top 25 Cuts Made%Cuts Made Rds in 60s %Rds in 60sRds Played Rds Undr Par%Rds Undr Par Within 5%Within 5 Scoring Avg Money
January 30 23.83 1 12 40.0% 20 66.7% 28 93.3% 72 62.1% 116 87 75.0% 11 36.7% 68.80 $4,973,815
February 31 51.55 0 2 6.5% 8 25.8% 22 71.0% 39 38.2% 102 49 48.0% 14 45.2% 70.80 $1,656,021
March 40 54.45 1 6 15.0% 10 25.0% 28 70.0% 24 21.4% 112 46 41.1% 20 50.0% 71.80 $4,423,712
April 28 55.18 1 5 17.9% 7 25.0% 18 64.3% 14 16.7% 84 30 35.7% 14 50.0% 71.90 $2,736,514
May 39 46.28 0 7 17.9% 16 41.0% 29 74.4% 60 45.8% 131 72 55.0% 18 46.2% 70.20 $3,602,540
June 39 48.49 1 5 12.8% 12 30.8% 30 76.9% 53 38.4% 138 66 47.8% 12 30.8% 71.00 $3,802,987
July 31 62.23 0 6 19.4% 8 25.8% 17 54.8% 32 33.3% 96 39 40.6% 18 58.1% 71.10 $2,932,850
August 42 51.36 0 2 4.8% 11 26.2% 31 73.8% 56 38.6% 145 67 46.2% 14 33.3% 70.50 $2,287,697
September 27 38.04 1 5 18.5% 11 40.7% 24 88.9% 43 42.6% 101 50 49.5% 8 29.6% 70.20 $4,824,522
October 20 53.25 1 4 20.0% 5 25.0% 14 70.0% 24 35.3% 68 39 57.4% 8 40.0% 70.30 $3,279,231
November 8 19.13 0 2 25.0% 6 75.0% 8 100.0% 14 43.8% 32 23 71.9% 1 12.5% 69.70 $854,936
December 1 99.99 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 75.50 $0
TOTALS336 - 6 56 17% 114 34% 249 74% 431 38% 1127 568 50% 139 12% - $35,374,825

Career Performance per Season
Events Played Avg Place Wins Top 10s%Top 10 Top 25s%Top 25 Cuts Made%Cuts Made Rds in 60s %Rds in 60sRds Played Rds Undr Par%Rds Undr Par Within 5%Within 5 Scoring Avg Money
Spring 107 51.66 2 18 16.8% 33 30.8% 75 70.1% 98 30.0% 327 148 45.3% 52 48.6% 71.20 $10,762,767
Summer 112 53.37 1 13 11.6% 31 27.7% 78 69.6% 141 37.2% 379 172 45.4% 44 39.3% 70.80 $9,023,534
Fall 55 40.82 2 11 20.0% 22 40.0% 46 83.6% 81 40.3% 201 112 55.7% 17 30.9% 70.10 $8,958,688
Winter 62 38.92 1 14 22.6% 28 45.2% 50 80.6% 111 50.5% 220 136 61.8% 26 41.9% 69.80 $6,629,836
TOTALS336 - 6 56 17% 114 34% 249 74% 431 38% 1127 568 50% 139 12% - $35,374,825
Spring = March, April, May - Summer = June, July, August - Fall = September, October, November - Winter = December, January, February

Career Performance per Swing
Events Played Avg Place Wins Top 10s%Top 10 Top 25s%Top 25 Cuts Made%Cuts Made Rds in 60s %Rds in 60sRds Played Rds Undr Par%Rds Undr Par Within 5%Within 5 Scoring Avg Money
West Coast Swing 38 46.47 1 7 18.4% 16 42.1% 27 71.1% 54 41.2% 131 74 56.5% 21 55.3% 70.50 $4,183,513
Florida Swing 38 55.79 1 5 13.2% 11 28.9% 26 68.4% 27 21.1% 128 55 43.0% 15 39.5% 71.70 $4,197,317
New England Courses 52 51.40 1 6 11.5% 16 30.8% 37 71.2% 72 40.7% 177 88 49.7% 22 42.3% 70.20 $4,573,436
Texas Swing 35 40.97 0 7 20.0% 15 42.9% 28 80.0% 56 54.9% 102 60 58.8% 20 57.1% 69.70 $3,542,707
Desert Courses 9 60.89 0 0 0.0% 2 22.2% 5 55.6% 13 52.0% 25 16 64.0% 6 66.7% 69.90 $226,326
Ocean and Sea Courses 25 56.68 0 4 16.0% 7 28.0% 16 64.0% 26 31.7% 82 36 43.9% 11 44.0% 71.40 $2,301,826
TOTALS197 - 3 29 15% 67 34% 139 71% 248 38% 645 329 51% 95 15% - $19,025,125

Career Performance per Grass Type
Events Played Avg Place Wins Top 10s%Top 10 Top 25s%Top 25 Cuts Made%Cuts Made Rds in 60s %Rds in 60sRds Played Rds Undr Par%Rds Undr Par Within 5%Within 5 Scoring Avg Money
Bent Greens 168 50.48 2 25 14.9% 52 31.0% 121 72.0% 224 39.4% 568 284 50.0% 69 41.1% 70.50 $15,980,374
Bermuda Greens 106 44.69 2 19 17.9% 39 36.8% 83 78.3% 133 38.6% 345 178 51.6% 42 39.6% 70.50 $11,290,252
Paspalum Greens 11 51.73 1 2 18.2% 3 27.3% 7 63.6% 13 36.1% 36 20 55.6% 5 45.5% 70.60 $1,746,483
Poa Greens 45 44.31 1 9 20.0% 18 40.0% 35 77.8% 57 35.6% 160 80 50.0% 18 40.0% 70.90 $5,434,819
Fescue Greens 5 72.40 0 1 20.0% 1 20.0% 2 40.0% 2 14.3% 14 4 28.6% 4 80.0% 72.50 $855,310
TOTALS335 - 6 56 17% 113 34% 248 74% 429 38% 1123 566 50% 138 12% - $35,307,239

Career Performance per Short and Long Courses
Events Played Avg Place Wins Top 10s%Top 10 Top 25s%Top 25 Cuts Made%Cuts Made Rds in 60s %Rds in 60sRds Played Rds Undr Par%Rds Undr Par Within 5%Within 5 Scoring Avg Money
Less Than 7000 yards 28 52 1 4 14% 9 32% 19 68% 46 50% 93 53 57% 12 43% 70.00 $2,640,366
Greater Than 7400 yards 110 47 3 19 17% 37 34% 83 76% 98 26% 372 170 46% 47 43% 71.00 $13,315,059