ST ANDREWS, Scotland — Marc Leishman flirted with a record-equaling 63 at the British Open on Sunday and when the Australian just missed out he simply shrugged it off, perhaps because he has had more serious worries recently.
Leishman thought he might lose his wife Audrey earlier this year when she developed myopathy, a disease where the muscles cease to function.
She is still weak but on the road to recovery and her health scare has helped give the 31-year-old golfer a new perspective on day to day matters.
"I feel like I've always had a pretty good outlook on life and now it takes a lot more to worry me," Leishman told reporters after a sizzling third round eight-under-par 64 catapulted him into title contention on 207, nine under.