Stephen Leaney

Stephen Leaney
Personal information
Full nameStephen John Leaney
Born (1969-03-10) 10 March 1969 (age 55)
Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceAdelaide, South Australia, Australia;
Dallas, Texas, U.S.;
Camberley, Surrey, England
SpouseTracy
ChildrenSebastian, Sienna
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Professional wins16
Highest ranking22 (27 July 2003)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour4
PGA Tour of Australasia4
Other8
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT17: 2004
PGA Championship68th: 1998
U.S. Open2nd: 2003
The Open ChampionshipT37: 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.

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (16)

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European Tour wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 15 Mar 1998 Moroccan Open −17 (68-67-69-67=271) 8 strokes Sweden Robert Karlsson
2 26 Jul 1998 TNT Dutch Open −18 (66-63-70-67=266) 1 stroke Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
3 30 Jul 2000 TNT Dutch Open (2) −19 (66-70-65-68=269) 4 strokes Germany Bernhard Langer
4 15 Sep 2002 Linde German Masters −22 (64-69-66-67=266) 3 strokes Germany Alex Čejka

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2002 Carlsberg Malaysian Open Scotland Alastair Forsyth Lost to birdie on second extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 19 Nov 1995 Victorian Open −5 (72-72-68-71=283) 1 stroke Australia Robert Allenby, Australia Mike Clayton
2 12 Jan 1997 Victorian Open (2) −8 (64-72-72-72=280) 1 stroke Australia Darren Cole, Australia Euan Walters
3 29 Nov 1998 ANZ Players Championship −17 (67-73-67-68=275) Playoff United States Corey Pavin
4 22 Oct 2017 Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open −15 (64-71-69-69=273) 1 stroke Australia Callan O'Reilly

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1998 ANZ Players Championship United States Corey Pavin Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (8)

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Results in major championships

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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
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

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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

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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

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Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Match Play R64 R16 4 R64
Championship NT1 T23 63
Invitational T71 T22

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Results in senior major championships

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Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022
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
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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  1. ^ "Week 30 2003 Ending 27 Jul 2003" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Stephen Leaney". The Times. 11 October 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2009.[dead link]
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