Marc Leishman is often characterised by some Americans as “underrated”, but we know the Victorian is anything but that. His 69.784 scoring average ranks sixth on tour, and he’s already added a second victory to his US PGA career total in 2017, plus three top-10s and 10 top-25s.
Leishman, 33, was locked in on Thursday at the Quicken Loans National, posting a bogey-free four-under 66 that had him just a shot off the lead. Unfortunately, his second round two-over 72 sent him down the leaderboard, but he still was able to provide one of the shots of the day at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm.
🦅 on a par-4.
With an iron.No problem for @marcleish. pic.twitter.com/my3NakzbjT
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 30, 2017
The short par-4 14th played just 259 metres on Friday, a testy distance for tour pros to take a shot at the green. But when you are as good as these guys, chasing an iron up to a makeable distance on the dance floor is not out of the question. Then of course, you have to make the putt, which wasn’t a problem for Leishman. He’s at two-under for the tournament, eight shots behind leader David Lingmerth.
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