Marc Leishman Wins BMW Championship at Conway Farms

Leishman is a low-key guy, a distant third in name recognition among his fellow Aussies, the bombing Jason Day and dashing Adam Scott. He operated a laser that cut thick sheets of metal into various shapes.

“Going wire to wire, first time I’ve done that in a PGA Tour event”, he said after securing the title.

“Getting into the BMW Championships as the last man, and then getting a call from Nick (Price) for the Presidents Cup, this latest Top-10 is indeed a great run and I want to make the most of it at Liberty National (at Presidents Cup)”.

The Leishmans did not catch it early, but Audrey survived, then fought the aftermath while Marc tried to play golf and look after their two small children.

Patrick Cantlay needed a birdie on the 18th hole to get inside the top 30, and he was able to come through.

Former world No.1 Day extended a sequence of good results when he finished fourth on Sunday, seven shots behind countryman Marc Leishman, who won by five strokes from Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose.

The latest was McIlroy coming from three strokes down with an 8-under-par 64 in the final round past year, including a hole-out eagle from 137 yards on the 16th hole, and then winning a playoff against Ryan Moore and Kevin Chappell by sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth extra hole.

Leishman finished at 23-under 261. Of the eight first-timers in this year’s Tour Championship field, no one knows that better than Pat Perez.

Ever since turning professional in 2005, Leishman has stepped up to whatever bar has been put in front of him.

Since 2016-17 has been one of the most exciting PGA Tour seasons in recent memory, it figures to be another fight to the finish at East Lake. Australia’s Leishman had seized control of the penultimate event in the US PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs with a scintillating 62 on Thursday. He went to No. 4 in the FedEx Cup, giving him a clear shot at the $10 million bonus if he wins the Tour Championship. He’s certainly in the conversation for best players in the world who never get talked about, but a few more victories like this and that will change. That got his attention. I feel like, you know, with the life I live that’s probably very hard for me to do that. “You set goals, I guess, a little bit”. As a well-known track – at least to those who have had the good fortune to play there frequently – the only significant change lately happened past year.

His peers knew better. “That five-shot lead – it’s just enough that you shouldn’t get beat but not quite enough that you are out of reach”.

He added a further five birdies and two bogeys on Sunday (local time), enough to give him an excellent victory and raise hopes of one almighty pay day.

The 33-year-old started the day at 19 under par but immediately improved his score with a birdie on the opening hole after chipping to three feet.

Leishman has enjoyed the benefits of relative anonymity until now but with greater success comes a much higher profile.

His wife almost died two years ago from toxic shock syndrome. Their Begin Again Foundation, which helps families that have been affected by sepsis and toxic shock syndrome, has impacted some 700 families in the a year ago and a half.

September is Sepsis Awareness month and during the BMW Leishman and his fellow players wore ribbons to help draw attention to the disease that almost claimed the life of his wife Audrey in 2015.

“A lot less happening off the course now”.

“I think my good stuff is really good, ” he said. And it’s a lot of fun seeing it happen.

It’s where he always thought he could be.