Australia’s Marc Leishman, a five-time PGA TOUR winner, recounts the dark days when his wife Audrey fought for her life in a hospital bed and how the episode led to the establishment of the Begin Again Foundation, which supports families experiencing medical and life crises. JULY 2 ― It feels...
BY MARC LEISHMAN
It was April, and I was in Augusta, Georgia, preparing for the Masters. Back home in Virginia, my wife Audrey, felt like she was coming down with a bad cold. But her temperature didn’t relent after two days, her blood pressure had dropped and her heart was beating 140 times a minute. Normal is between 60 and 100. We rushed her to the hospital as she was unable to breathe on her own. Doctors feared, and ultimately confirmed, that she had sepsis, which is essentially blood poisoning.
One of the biggest and most important things in life is hope. I think if I had told her how bad her situation was, she could very well have given up knowing how hard it was going to be, or how small her chances were. I think by just giving someone hope, that’s a big thing. I did think about losing her. It was in my mind. There were three or four days when she looked like she wasn’t going to make it. I hate to say this, but I was almost planning a funeral.
Marc Leishman and Audrey at a Begin Again charity golf event in 2019. ― Picture courtesy of Begin Again Foundation
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