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 |
Highest ranking | 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 in Busselton, 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 the European Tour Order of Merit three times and won four European Tour events. Since 2004 he has played mainly on the based PGA Tour, but he has performed only moderately. His best finish in the United States remains a second place at the U.S. Open in 2003. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official 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 2003 Presidents Cup.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 15 Mar 1998 | 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 Jul 2000 | TNT Dutch Open (2) | −19 (66-70-65-68=269) | 4 strokes | Bernhard Langer |
4 | 15 Sep 2002 | Linde German Masters | −22 (64-69-66-67=266) | 3 strokes | Alex Čejka |
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2002 | Carlsberg Malaysian Open | Alastair Forsyth | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 19 Nov 1995 | Victorian Open | −5 (72-72-68-71=283) | 1 stroke | Robert Allenby, Mike Clayton |
2 | 12 Jan 1997 | Victorian Open (2) | −8 (64-72-72-72=280) | 1 stroke | Darren Cole, Euan Walters |
3 | 29 Nov 1998 | ANZ Players Championship | −17 (67-73-67-68=275) | Playoff | Corey Pavin |
4 | 22 Oct 2017 | 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 |
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1 | 1998 | ANZ Players Championship | Corey Pavin | Won with par on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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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 |
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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
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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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 |
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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Match Play | R64 | R16 | 4 | R64 | |||
Championship | NT1 | T23 | 63 | ||||
Invitational | T71 | T22 |
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
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 to COVID-19 pandemic
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