CHARLOTTE, N.C. – News late Wednesday that Marc Leishman had withdrawn his name from Olympic consideration was not exactly a surprise given his wife’s ongoing health issues, but it’s been something that Matt Jones has been thinking about for some time.
“I’ve known for a little while about Leishman. It was something he was contemplating and I knew I was very close and something that I researched and looked into as well,” Jones said on Thursday at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Adam Scott withdrew from the Olympics last month and Leishman’s announcement moved Marcus Fraser, who is 63rd in the World Golf Ranking, onto the qualified list; but Jones, at 71st in the world, trails his countryman by just .