{"id":347589,"date":"2025-12-14T14:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347589\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T14:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:12:16","slug":"livs-marc-leishman-ends-17-year-title-drought-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347589\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV’s Marc Leishman Ends 17-Year Title Drought In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

LIV Golf’s Marc Leishman<\/a> ended a 17-year wait for victory in his home country by winning the Victorian PGA Championship on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Leishman last tasted success in Australia at the 2008 version of this same event and had gone close Down Under on multiple occasions since.<\/p>\n

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This time, ably assisted by his father Paul as caddie and son Harvey as pro-am partner, Leishman finally crossed the finishing line in first – despite some incredibly tough weather conditions and a high final round score.<\/p>\n

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The 42-year-old from Warrnambool, Victoria had fired rounds of 71, 67 and 68 over the first three days, but strong winds ensured scoring would become significantly tougher on Sunday – and so it proved.<\/p>\n

Only two of the 53 players to make the cut broke par on Sunday, while plenty of experienced names battled to rounds in the mid-70s.<\/p>\n

The moment Marc Leishman sealed the deal \ud83d\ude4c#VICPGA pic.twitter.com\/y3X16Kkr3ADecember 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Leishman was one of them, with a four-over-par 76 that included a birdie at the last still proving to be enough as he triumphed by a single stroke from Josh Younger on five-under-par overall.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the PGA Tour of Australasia<\/a>, Leishman said: \u201cIt was a brutally tough day. I sort of knew it was going to be like that (but) you hope you can shoot better than that.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn days like this, obviously you know everyone’s going to be having bogeys and unfortunately I had a few early, but fought back and managed to birdie the last there which was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leishman’s victory should not come as too much of a surprise, especially when his recent form is taken into consideration.<\/p>\n

The Australian has managed three top-six finishes in his past five starts while the other two results in that sequence were hardly disappointing – a T11th at the PIF Saudi International and a T18th at the Crown Australian Open.<\/p>\n

Marc Leishman with his dad, Paul, who caddied for him this week \u2764\ufe0f#VICPGA pic.twitter.com\/SrS2nsvEZiDecember 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Leishman, who claimed his debut win at LIV Golf Miami earlier this year, admitted it was nice to finally see a trophy in his hands after such good play of late.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI\u2019m really happy to get a victory. I’ve been playing well for the last, well, all year really.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been hitting the ball great these last three weeks in Australia with not a whole lot to show for it results wise, but it\u2019s nice to walk away with a win here.\u201d<\/p>\n