Leishman, a six-time winner on the PGA Tour, notched his first LIV victory since joining in 2022 and first worldwide win in four years since the 2021 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
In the end, a tournament did eventually break out. After all the talk of politics, “sports washing”, human rights abuses and who might or might not be playing next time out, the golf took over – as it tends to do amid even the most controversial of controversies.
The win, which counts as an official tour victory, is Leishman’s sixth, his first since the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open. Smith now has three, two at the Zurich and one at the 2020 Sony Open.
Australian duo Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith will face a field that includes the defending champions, Major championship winners and leading players from previous Presidents and Ryder Cups at the 2018 ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf
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