[sogagg] Re: A Great Master's Week Story

From: "Gar Wright" <gar.wright77@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <sogagg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 07:06:15 -0700

Wonderful story.  Thanks for taking the time to share it.

KD

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From: sogagg-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sogagg-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dwayne Junker
Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 7:00 AM
To: sogagg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sogagg] A Great Master's Week Story

Fellow SOGAGGers,

Its the week of the Masters Golf Tourney that Thursday through Sunday
where the world focuses on golf at its best and where more than an estimated
$2 billion of Americas work production is lost to employees watching on
their computers with their office door closed

Thought you might find the story of Marc Leishman of interest.  Always easy
to pull for a guy like this who has gone through something that nobody would
wish to have happen.

Cheers,

/Ace

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<http://nypost.com/2016/04/04/i-wasnt-going-to-have-a-wife-anymore-leishmans
-new-outlook-at-masters/> I wasnt going to have a wife anymore: Leishmans
new outlook at Masters

By Mark Cannizzaro <http://nypost.com/author/mark-cannizzaro/>  (New York
Post)

April 4, 2016 | 11:55pm

AUGUSTA, Ga. For those fortunate enough to make the drive down Magnolia
Lane, its a special and memorable experience.

For Marc Leishman, the drive down the iconic narrow tree-lined lane that
leads to the fabled Augusta National clubhouse on Monday was like none he
had ever taken.

Leishman, the 32-year-old Aussie, has made the drive before, having played
the 2010, 2013 and 2014 Masters. But this one was different. Its deeper and
more meaningful.

A year ago, Leishman was forced to flee Augusta National on the eve of the
Masters when he received word that his wife, Audrey, had been hospitalized
with potentially deadly Toxic shock syndrome.

Leishman was playing a practice round with his father the Tuesday before the
tournament when he got a call from Audrey, who told him she was headed to
the hospital.

Youve got to come home, she told Marc. Its not looking good. Theyre
admitting me to the hospital and putting me straight in ICU.

I left everything at Augusta and flew home, Leishman said. It was very
scary, that was my first emotion, thinking that I wasnt going to have a
wife anymore and the boys werent going to have a mom.

By the time Leishman got to Audrey on Wednesday morning, she was breathing
with the aid of a ventilator. On Thursday, with her kidneys and liver
shutting down and her blood pressure plummeting, her doctor, pulmonary
specialist Nadeem Inayet, told Leishman they needed to medically induce her
into a coma.

It was a last resort for her, he said. If they didnt do that she was
going to die and if they did do that she was probably going to die, but it
was the best chance.

Audreys last words to Marc before she went into the coma: Please look
after my cats and take the kids to get the Easter bunny photos.

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300&strip=all

Not, I love you, or anything like that, Leishman was able to joke now.
We said our goodbyes thinking that was going to be it.

With his mind wandering to dark places, Leishman was certain he was finished
playing professional golf.

I wasnt thinking about golf at all, I was thinking about my boys and how
we were going to get by, what may happen, what was going to happen, he
said.

Audrey Leishman woke up six days after the induced coma, on the Wednesday of
the Masters, the day of the annual Par-3 Contest.

One of the greatest moments of my life, Leishman said, was seeing her
breathe on her own.

Audreys first words when she focused her eyes on her husband sitting beside
her hospital bed: Sorry about the Masters.

There, of course, would be other Masters. This Masters, in fact, where
Audrey and the two boys, Harvey, whos 4, and Ollie, 2 ½, will be at Augusta
with him this week. Theyll be wearing those white caddie overalls on
Wednesday when he plays the Par-3 Contest the same ones they were supposed
to be wearing a year ago.

Obviously, Im really excited about the tournament, but Im even more
excited about the Par-3 to have my wife out there and my two kids,
Leishman said. Thats going to be pretty amazing to be able to do that.
Its certainly something I didnt think Id ever be doing again.

Leishmans life is different now. Leaving his wife at home in Virginia is
more difficult than it ever was. Their doctor told Leishman he has
post-traumatic stress disorder from the ordeal.

Leishmans attitude on the golf course also has transformed as a result of
last years scare.

I treat every tournament differently now, he said. Its just a game.
Its entertainment.

The disappointments on the golf course dont affect him the way they used
to. That was on display for the golf world to see when he lost to Zach
Johnson in a playoff in the British Open last July at St. Andrews.

Sure, Leishman was gutted. Hoisting the Claret Jug would have changed his
life forever. But he got over it easier because he knew he was going home to
Audrey.

Golfs not life and death, Leishman said. I dont let little things
worry me anymore. I dont know what the reason was for why it happened [to
Audrey]. I guess they say everything happens for a reason. Well see what
that is, I guess.

References:
- [sogagg] A Great Master's Week Story
  - From: Dwayne Junker

[sogagg] Re: A Great Master's Week Story

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