Leishman, who has tumbled out of the world’s prime 50 and received’t play The Masters at Augusta subsequent month, holds a two-shot lead from Sergio Garcia heading into the ultimate spherical of the 54-hole occasion.

Leishman (-11) shot a five-under 66 in his second spherical on Sunday morning (AEDT) as he closes in on his first win on Greg Norman’s breakaway tour.

The person winner of the Tuscon occasion, the second on the LIV schedule for 2023, will financial institution $5.97 million earlier than potential crew winnings.

“It was a very sizzling begin and a very good entrance 9, and I cooled off a bit of on the again 9 however I didn’t let it get away from me, which has been a fault of mine for the final 12 months or two, having a nasty hour or so,” Leishman stated.

“I’m at all times a leaderboard watcher and I prefer to know the place I’m. I benefit from the strain and I assume that’s why we do the laborious work to get ourselves in that state of affairs.”

Leishman’s crew captain, The Open champion Cameron Smith (-1), is looking for his finest kind earlier than The Masters however is nicely out of competition for particular person honour in Arizona.