2022 Wells Fargo Championship: Top 10 Power Rankings at TPC Potomac

There aren’t many players in this week’s field who competed at both the 2017 and 2018 Quicken Loans National. Few have played as well at TPC Potomac as Marc Leishman.

The Aussie finished T-5th (66-72-72-66) here in 2017 and T-13th (67-67-69-70) in 2018.

Leishman was just three off the pace in ‘17. He was ninth in the field in strokes gained around the green (4.189) and 12th in SG putting (4.616). Had the driver cooperated a bit more, Leish could’ve walked away as the champion.

“Yeah, there’s a lot of birdiable holes if you’re hitting good shots,” Leishman was transcribed by Tee Scripts in 2018, “and if you’re just a little bit off you’re scrambling for pars,”

This season, the 38-year-old is 19th in SG putting (.571) and 23rd in total SG (1.153). He’s not a long hitter, but Leishman has been a good long iron player throughout his career.

He has the craftiness to succeed at the Wells Fargo Championship on a week where finding fairways is difficult

The last time we saw the big guy compete was when he and Cameron Smith tied for 21st at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans a few weeks ago.

His last stroke play event was T-30th at the Masters a couple weeks prior, so his schedule has been light in prep for the summer.

Leishman has two top-fives early in the 2021-22 season and just one missed cut. One top-10 so far is substandard for the five-time PGA Tour winner, but six top-20s and eight top-30s illustrate he’s not far off.