62 possible at the British Open as the wind relents

It will be the first British Open playoff since Stewart Cink defeated Tom Watson at Turnberry in 2009 and the first three-way playoff since 1999 when Paul Lawrie triumphed.

“That hits home, that that’s how she went from so strong to basically rock bottom and now she’s recovering really well”, Leishman said. Audrey initially thought she had the kind of flu bug that required nothing more than a garden variety trip to urgent care. She was, ultimately, diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome and toxic shock syndrome.

They all finished with totals of 15-under 273 after Johnson and Leishman had 66s and Oosthuizen a 69. She’s just got no energy, no stamina. She’s exhausted by lunchtime most days, has to take it easy after that.

The American golf pro and Kim Barclay have been married for over a decade. A bad shot or a bad bounce or a bad read on the greens is immediately forgotten when he thinks of his wife and what might have been. March had been training at Augusta National at the tie preparing for the upcoming Masters but returned to the family’s home in Virginia Beach.

Thankfully she pulled through but Leishman admits he did have to consider life without her, and golf would not have been part of it.

“Audrey is alright now, it’s a lot better”. I’m definitely going to try and fly under the radar, but it’s hard to when you’re in the last two groups of the championship playing the last round. I understand what people go through when they are in these positions.

“We’re just trying to chase that bit of immortality”. Within 24 hours, she was in an intensive care and doctors were struggling to diagnose the illness.

Leishman considered quitting the game while his wife was battling for her life, pondering the possibility that he’d have to raise their two sons on his own.

Marc Leishman nearly endured a tragic loss earlier this year.

Fortunately, Audrey was released from hospital two weeks later. “It would be great to get a hold of that trophy and take it back for Audrey and the boys”. He earned his PGA Tour card for the 2009 season and was voted The Rookie of the Year after recording three top-10 finishes. “Having won a tournament over here it certainly can’t hurt the confidence”.

Sure he did. The idea of shooting a 62 and setting the all-time 18-hole scoring record in a major championship – at the Home of Golf to boot – actually started rolling around the 31-year-old Australian’s head after the 13th hole. Not surprisingly, Leishman choose to look at it differently.

In fact, Leishman barely made the cut midway through the Open Championship and, at one point, was even sitting in the mid-50s on the leaderboard.

It’s a new Day at St. Andrews.