To those outside the ropes at Waialae Country Club, Marc Leishman is a four-time PGA Tour winner. But to young Harvey Leishman, he’s dad. And getting to watch dad play golf was all the little man wanted to do on Thursday when he was celebrating his 7th birthday. There was a cute scene caught by PGA Tour’s social media of Marc saying hello to Harvey during the round that couldn’t help but make even the most hum-bug viewer smile.
Harvey Leishman got exactly what he wanted for his birthday.
He is still working on that tooth.#LiveUnderPar 🎂 pic.twitter.com/cYtbnSSg8F
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 11, 2019
You might recall that Leishman was excited to bring his family to Hawaii to start the 2019 season. So much so that he booked the trip before he had qualified for the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua. The Victorian then won the CIMB Classic in Malaysia last October, so the trip became a working vacation, extending a second week to Honolulu.
OK, back to Harvey. When the camera caught him, the other intriguing part of the youngster’s story is how he was working a loose tooth something fierce. So much so that Marc made light of it, joking with his boy that maybe he’d have it out by the end of the round.
Well, it took a little while longer, but it was finally mission accomplish for Harvey on Sunday.
Mission accomplished.
Little Leish lost his tooth. 🦷 pic.twitter.com/SGH0be9j7v
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 13, 2019
Did it bring his dad good luck? Marc finished tied for third and banked $US307,200 for his efforts. That’s plenty for both to smile about.
