Marc Leishman has revealed he has 'no regrets' over his controversial decision to join the LIV Golf Series, after making the Saudi switch last August.
Leishman followed in the footsteps of a number of PGA Tour stars in joining the Saudi-backed series, having made the move two months after LIV's inaugural event. His decision came at a cost though, as the Australian had his Tour membership suspended by commissioner Jay Monahan.
And with LIV still yet to be acquired by the Official World Golf Rankings, Leishman - along with the rest of his fellow LIV stars - has tumbled down the rankings, as the Aussie now sits 110th, 46 places worse off than what he was prior to his move.
Despite this, the 39-year-old has admitted that he is more than happy with his decision eight months on. "I really enjoyed my time on the PGA Tour and it was a really good time for a change," Leishman said Per Fox Sports.
"For me just to be able to you know, with three young kids to be able to spend more time with them and more time in Australia is going down there and in a couple of weeks. Off the course, it‘s amazing.
"Spending a lot of time with boys and a lot less eating alone and all that sort of thing. I’ve got no regrets and certainly very happy where I am." Leishman joined the breakaway circuit alongside fellow Australian and Open champion Cam Smith.
The pair are now both team-mates, competing for the all-Australian Ripper GC alongside Matt Jones and Jed Morgan in LIV's team aspect. The Ripper quartet will be more excited than most ahead of LIV's latest event, as the Saudi-funded series heads down under for the very first time next week to LIV.
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Speaking about the prospect of playing in front of a home crowd, Leishman told Golf Digest : "It’s unbelievable. Any time you get to go home and play it’s amazing, but it’s pretty close to my home town. To get back at that time of year is gonna be pretty cool with the football on. There is a big weekend of football the week before in Adelaide.
"It’s just great to be able to go back and play in front of home fans and to see the look on all the kids’ faces when they see me or Cam and I’m sure all the other guys, it’s pretty cool. Guys they normally see on TV, they’ll actually see in person and get to interact with, which is great."
