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Australia’s Marc Leishman ran away with his first Nationwide Tour title to move into position for a spot next year on the PGA Tour, shooting 4-under 68 on Sunday for an 11-stroke victory in the windy WNB Golf Classic.

Leishman earned $94,500 to jump from 56th to 19th on the money list with $197,926. The top 25 after the final three events will earn 2009 PGA Tour cards.

Leishman, the 2006 Jisan Resort Open winner on the Korean PGA Tour, had a 21-under 267 total on the Midland Country Club course. He opened with rounds of 67, 66 and 66. The 11-stroke margin matched the tour record set by Chris Smith in the 1997 Omaha Classic.

“I was determined to get off to a good start,” said Leishman, who did just that with a birdie at the par-5 second hole and an eagle at the fourth. “When I made the eagle at 4, I was able to play more conservative.”

Leishman used a 2-iron off the tee after establishing the large lead.

“It was a really handy club to have in the bag this week,” Leishman said.

Dallas resident Keoke Cotner shot 68 to finish second at 10 under.

“I’ve played at Midland every year, so I’m pretty familiar with it,” Cotner said. “The wind was howling, but the difference for me this week was I didn’t make as many bogeys.”

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Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the WNB Golf Classic, played Oct. 9-12 at the par-72, 7,354-yard Midland (Texas) Country Club:

1. Marc Leishman	$94,500	67-66-66-68--267		-21
2. Keoke Cotner	56,700	70-71-69-68--278		-10
3. Aron Price	35,700	67-72-68-72--279		-9
4. Greg Chalmers	20,672	70-72-70-68--280		-8
4. Darron Stiles	20,672	71-69-70-70--280		-8
4. Spencer Levin	20,672	66-70-72-72--280		-8
4. Won Joon Lee	20,672	69-69-71-71--280		-8
8. Brendon Todd	14,175	68-68-73-72--281		-7
8. Fabian Gomez	14,175	69-73-68-71--281		-7
8. Brendon de Jonge	14,175	71-68-67-75--281		-7
8. Ricky Barnes	14,175	69-68-71-73--281		-7
8. Cameron Percy	14,175	72-68-66-75--281		-7
13. Vance Veazey	10,500	72-69-71-70--282		-6
13. Tom Gillis	10,500	66-70-74-72--282		-6
15. Mark Brooks	8,138	74-70-68-71--283		-5
15. Ian Leggatt	8,138	72-68-72-71--283		-5
15. Brad Fritsch	8,138	71-72-68-72--283		-5
15. Garrett Osborn	8,138	73-68-69-73--283		-5
15. Justin Hicks	8,138	74-67-68-74--283		-5
15. Michael Boyd	8,138	69-67-68-79--283		-5
21. D.J. Brigman	5,285	71-72-69-72--284		-4
21. Roger Tambellini	5,285	73-70-69-72--284		-4
21. Anders Hultman	5,285	72-69-70-73--284		-4
21. Hunter Haas	5,285	70-71-69-74--284		-4
21. Gary Christian	5,285	67-74-69-74--284		-4
21. Chris Smith	5,285	72-69-69-74--284		-4
27. Rich Barcelo	3,596	72-72-69-72--285		-3
27. Michael Putnam	3,596	70-67-76-72--285		-3
27. Henrik Bjornstad	3,596	71-72-71-71--285		-3
27. M. Angel Carballo	3,596	67-74-71-73--285		-3
27. Reid Edstrom	3,596	66-75-71-73--285		-3
27. Bubba Dickerson	3,596	74-69-69-73--285		-3
27. Jeff Klauk	3,596	72-69-70-74--285		-3
27. Bob Burns	3,596	71-68-70-76--285		-3
35. Jarrod Lyle	2,783	70-71-73-72--286		-2
35. David McKenzie	2,783	72-70-73-71--286		-2
35. Bill Lunde	2,783	72-70-73-71--286		-2
35. Willie Wood	2,783	72-72-72-70--286		-2
35. Ryan Hietala	2,783	72-72-72-70--286		-2
35. Fran Quinn	2,783	74-70-74-68--286		-2
41. Jason Schultz	2,258	74-69-70-74--287		-1
41. Scott Piercy	2,258	73-68-70-76--287		-1
41. Casey Wittenberg	2,258	72-71-73-71--287		-1
41. Oskar Bergman	2,258	70-72-76-69--287		-1
45. Colt Knost	1,969	71-71-72-74--288		E
45. Alex Prugh	1,969	72-69-73-74--288		E
45. Arjun Atwal	1,969	72-69-74-73--288		E
45. Brian Smock	1,969	71-73-72-72--288		E
49. Tyler Aldridge	1,851	71-71-72-75--289	+	1
49. Esteban Toledo	1,851	71-73-71-74--289	+	1
51. Ben Bates	1,798	73-71-71-75--290	+	2
51. Steve Pate	1,798	72-71-73-74--290	+	2
53. Josh McCumber	1,719	72-72-68-79--291	+	3
53. Grant Waite	1,719	71-71-73-76--291	+	3
53. Kelly Grunewald	1,719	73-70-73-75--291	+	3
53. Adam Rubinson	1,719	71-73-74-73--291	+	3
57. Andrew Dresser	1,601	74-69-73-76--292	+	4
57. Brian Guetz	1,601	72-72-72-76--292	+	4
57. Chad Ginn	1,601	71-72-74-75--292	+	4
57. Joe Daley	1,601	69-75-73-75--292	+	4
57. D.A. Points	1,601	71-73-74-74--292	+	4
62. Scott Parel	1,496	71-73-71-78--293	+	5
62. Brock Mackenzie	1,496	71-70-76-76--293	+	5
62. Franklin Corpening	1,496	73-71-74-75--293	+	5
65. Sebastian Fernandez	1,431	70-72-76-76--294	+	6
65. Chris Kirk	1,431	73-71-77-73--294	+	6
67. Rick Price	1,391	71-70-75-79--295	+	7
68. Scott Gordon	1,365	73-70-81-78--302	+	14
• • •
Missed the cut
70. David Mathis		71-74--145	+	1
70. Blaine McCallister		71-74--145	+	1
70. Jim Herman		72-73--145	+	1
70. Peter Tomasulo		77-68--145	+	1
70. Scott Gardiner		73-72--145	+	1
70. David Branshaw		72-73--145	+	1
70. Will Dodson		73-72--145	+	1
70. Vince Jewell		73-72--145	+	1
70. Ewan Porter		71-74--145	+	1
70. Matt Every		73-72--145	+	1
70. Paul Gow		72-73--145	+	1
70. Jon Turcott		69-76--145	+	1
70. Wade Ormsby		74-71--145	+	1
83. Tripp Isenhour		71-75--146	+	2
83. Todd Fischer		72-74--146	+	2
83. B.J. Staten		75-71--146	+	2
83. Kyle Reifers		76-70--146	+	2
83. Dave Schultz		75-71--146	+	2
83. Dustin Risdon		74-72--146	+	2
83. Dean Larsson		72-74--146	+	2
83. Bryce Molder		76-70--146	+	2
83. Kris Blanks		74-72--146	+	2
83. Jeff Brehaut		74-72--146	+	2
83. Chris Tidland		73-73--146	+	2
83. Tom Byrum		74-72--146	+	2
83. Bradley Iles		75-71--146	+	2
83. Ryan Howison		69-77--146	+	2
83. Jim Lemon		74-72--146	+	2
98. David Hearn		75-72--147	+	3
98. Skip Kendall		75-72--147	+	3
98. Garth Mulroy		74-73--147	+	3
98. Steven Young		74-73--147	+	3
98. Matt Weibring		71-76--147	+	3
98. Steven Bowditch		75-72--147	+	3
98. Justin Otto		71-76--147	+	3
105. Scott Gutschewski		74-74--148	+	4
105. Andrew Bonhomme		75-73--148	+	4
105. J.J. Killeen		73-75--148	+	4
105. Tom Carter		73-75--148	+	4
105. Brendan Steele		74-74--148	+	4
105. David Morland IV		72-76--148	+	4
105. Daniel Summerhays		71-77--148	+	4
105. Jeremy Anderson		74-74--148	+	4
105. Kim Felton		74-74--148	+	4
114. Bret Guetz		75-74--149	+	5
114. Keith Nolan		75-74--149	+	5
114. Chris Thompson		74-75--149	+	5
114. Blake Adams		76-73--149	+	5
114. Kris Cox		76-73--149	+	5
114. Dustin Bray		71-78--149	+	5
114. Mike McCabe		75-74--149	+	5
121. Josh Broadaway		78-72--150	+	6
121. Scott Dunlap		77-73--150	+	6
121. Matt Bettencourt		77-73--150	+	6
121. Jim Rutledge		75-75--150	+	6
121. Patrick Damron		76-74--150	+	6
121. Larry Bryan		77-73--150	+	6
121. Lee M. Williamson		79-71--150	+	6
128. Andy Connell		77-74--151	+	7
129. Chris Nallen		76-76--152	+	8
129. Doug Barron		76-76--152	+	8
131. Tee McCabe		78-75--153	+	9
131. Matt Hansen		75-78--153	+	9
131. Darren Angel		72-81--153	+	9
131. Bryan DeCorso		74-79--153	+	9
135. John Adams		76-78--154	+	10
135. Chris Anderson		79-75--154	+	10
135. Jonathan Fricke		73-81--154	+	10
135. Chris Myers		78-76--154	+	10
139. John Kimbell		78-77--155	+	11
139. Nick Malinowski		81-74--155	+	11
141. Craig Bowden		76-80--156	+	12
142. Rob Bradley		74-83--157	+	13
WD. Jason Enloe		71-73-81-WD
WD. Tom Johnson		76-WD
WD. Gibby Gilbert III		81-WD

Posted: 10/12/2008

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