Marc Leishman is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n professional golfer

Professional golfer

In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

 who currently plays on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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Leishman was born in Warrnambool, Victoria

Warrnambool, Victoria

-Cityscape:The original City of Warrnambool was a 4x8 grid, with boundaries of Lava Street , Japan Street , Merri Street and Henna Street . In the nineteenth century, it was intended that Fairy Street – with its proximity to the Warrnambool Railway Station – would be the main street of...

. He had a very successful amateur career in Australia, winning many junior tournaments. He turned professional in 2005. His victory on the Nationwide Tour

Nationwide Tour

The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...

 at the 2008 WNB Golf Classic, saw him win by eleven strokes. His highest finish on the PGA Tour is T-2 at the 2009 BMW Championship and the 2010 Farmers Insurance Open. He finished the 2009 season ranked 47th on the PGA Tour money list and won the Rookie of the Year award.

Amateur wins

• 2001 Victorian Junior Masters, Victorian Boys Championship, South Australian Junior Masters
• 2005 Lake Macquarie Amateur
  Lake Macquarie Amateur
  The Lake Macquarie Amateur is an amateur golf tournament in Australia. It has been played since 1958 and is organised by and played at the Belmont Golf Club in nearby Marks Point, New South Wales...
  
  

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

Results in major championships

Tournament	2010	2011
The Masters	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT	T51
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	T60	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	T48	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Yellow background for top-10.

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