Stephen Leaney
Stephen Leaney | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Stephen John Leaney |
Born | Busselton, Western Australia,Australia | 10 March 1969
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Sporting nationality | Australia |
Residence | Adelaide,South Australia, Australia; Dallas,Texas, U.S.; Camberley,Surrey, England |
Spouse | Tracy |
Children | Sebastian, Sienna |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1992 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
Professional wins | 16 |
Highestranking | 22 (27 July 2003)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 4 |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 4 |
Other | 8 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T17: 2004 |
PGA Championship | 68th: 1998 |
U.S. Open | 2nd:2003 |
The Open Championship | T37: 2002 |
Stephen John Leaney(born 10 March 1969) is a professional golfer from Australia.
Born inBusselton,Western Australia, Leaney turned professional in 1992 and won several tournaments in Australia in the 1990s, despite having two ribs cut removed in December 1993 after doctors diagnosed a blood clot in his shoulder. Leaney has since spoken to W.A media and confirmed the threatening injury may have been caused from his prior to golf career in premier league darts.[2]Between 1998 and 2003 he made the top 15 on theEuropean TourOrder of Merit three times and won four European Tour events. Since 2004 he has played mainly on the basedPGA Tour,but he has performed only moderately. His best finish in the United States remains a second place at theU.S. Openin 2003. He has featured in the top 50 of theOfficial World Golf Rankings.
Leaney has represented his country several times as an amateur and a professional and was a member of the International Team at the 2003Presidents Cup.
Amateur wins
[edit]- 1992 (2) Malaysian Amateur Championship,Lake Macquarie Amateur
Professional wins (16)
[edit]European Tour wins (4)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 15 Mar1998 | Moroccan Open | −17 (68-67-69-67=271) | 8 strokes | Robert Karlsson |
2 | 26 Jul 1998 | TNT Dutch Open | −18 (66-63-70-67=266) | 1 stroke | Darren Clarke |
3 | 30 Jul2000 | TNT Dutch Open(2) | −19 (66-70-65-68=269) | 4 strokes | Bernhard Langer |
4 | 15 Sep2002 | Linde German Masters | −22 (64-69-66-67=266) | 3 strokes | Alex Čejka |
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2002 | Carlsberg Malaysian Open | Alastair Forsyth | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 19 Nov1995 | Victorian Open | −5 (72-72-68-71=283) | 1 stroke | Robert Allenby,Mike Clayton |
2 | 12 Jan1997 | Victorian Open(2) | −8 (64-72-72-72=280) | 1 stroke | Darren Cole,Euan Walters |
3 | 29 Nov1998 | ANZ Players Championship | −17 (67-73-67-68=275) | Playoff | Corey Pavin |
4 | 22 Oct2017 | Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open | −15 (64-71-69-69=273) | 1 stroke | Callan O'Reilly |
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1998 | ANZ Players Championship | Corey Pavin | Won with par on first extra hole |
Other wins (8)
[edit]- 1991Western Australian Open(as an amateur) (Foundation Tour)
- 1994Western Australian Open(Foundation Tour)
- 1997Western Australian Open,Western Australia PGA Championship(both Foundation Tour)
- 2001Nedlands Masters
- 2002Western Australian Open(incorporating theNedlands Masters)
- 2004Western Australian Open(incorporating theNedlands Masters)
- 2010Nedlands Masters
Results in major championships
[edit]Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | |||||
U.S. Open | CUT | ||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||
PGA Championship | 68 | CUT |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | T17 | |||||||
U.S. Open | 2 | T40 | ||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T37 | T65 | CUT | |||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
[edit]Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2002 Open Championship – 2003 Open Championship)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in The Players Championship
[edit]Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Play | R64 | R16 | 4 | R64 | |||
Championship | NT1 | T23 | 63 | ||||
Invitational | T71 | T22 |
1Cancelled due to9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Results in senior major championships
[edit]Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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The Tradition | NT | T19 | T36 | |
Senior PGA Championship | T28 | NT | T11 | T50 |
U.S. Senior Open | NT | |||
Senior Players Championship | T16 | T52 | ||
Senior British Open Championship | T18 | NT |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Nomura Cup(representing Australia): 1991 (winners)
- Eisenhower Trophy(representing Australia):1992
- Sloan Morpeth Trophy(representing Australia): 1991 (winners), 1992
Professional
- Alfred Dunhill Cup(representing Australia):1999,2000
- Presidents Cup(International Team):2003(tie)
- World Cup(representing Australia):2003,2004
References
[edit]- ^"Week 30 2003 Ending 27 Jul 2003"(pdf).OWGR.Retrieved3 October2019.
- ^"Stephen Leaney".The Times.11 October 2003.Retrieved23 June2009.[dead link]
External links
[edit]- Stephen Leaneyat theEuropean Tourofficial site
- Stephen Leaneyat thePGA Tourofficial site
- Stephen Leaneyat thePGA Tour of Australasiaofficial site
- Stephen Leaneyat theOfficial World Golf Rankingofficial site