MARC LEISHMAN’S MASTER-PLAN
Windows rattled and screen doors slammed as relentless winds whipped through the Victorian town of Warrnambool.
The morning of Monday April 15, 1991, was a memorable one. Paul Leishman, a more than handy golfer and winner of several championships at Port Fairy and Warrnambool golf clubs, sat glued to the television with his seven-year-old son, Marc. Neither had taken their eyes off of the screen through the early hours of the day.
Images of Ian Woosnam filled the lounge room as the Welshman stood over an eight-foot par putt on the 72nd hole at Augusta National. It was the final round of The Masters and “Woosie” was about to defeat Jose Maria Olazabal to win his first and only major title.
They may not have realised it at the time – but the Leishmans were sharing their first-ever Masters memory together.
Nearly 29 years later, their Masters
