Marc Leishman 'fine' not playing majors after LIV Golf defection

Marc Leishman is at peace.

The 39-year-old Aussie defected to LIV Golf earlier this year and his world ranking has plummeted to No. 71, putting him outside the threshold to automatically qualify for golf's four major championships.

A perennial top-50 player in the world since 2017, Leishman has played 30 consecutive majors — recording six top-10s since 2013, including a T-5 at the 2021 Masters. However, with no world ranking points awarded at LIV events, that streak may soon come to an end — and Leishman is OK with that.

"(Not playing the majors) was one of the things I had to weigh up when I did make the move (to LIV), Leishman told the Sydney Morning Herald Monday ahead of the Australian PGA…