Mike Weir
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Michael Richard Weir O.Ont. (born May 12, 1970) is a professional Canadian golfer.
Born in Bright's Grove, Ontario, Canada within the boundaries of the city of Sarnia, he competes on the PGA TOUR and the European circuit. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University (Recreation Management) and lives in Draper, Utah with his wife Bricia and two daughters. Mike's home course is the Taboo Golf Club in Gravenhurst, Ontario. Interestingly, Weir is also a right-hander who plays golf left-handed.
His first PGA TOUR win came at the 1999 "Air Canada Championship" in Surrey, British Columbia. The victory made him the first Canadian to win a PGA TOUR event on Canadian soil in 45 years.
On April 13, 2003, he won The Masters at Augusta, Georgia, one of the four major tournaments in men's golf.
Mike Weir is the first Canadian to win one of the current major championships (Sandy Sommerville won the U.S. Amateur when it was considered a major tournament). When he won The Masters, Weir became only the second left-handed golfer to win any of the four majors, following on from Bob Charles who won the British Open 41 years earlier.
In June 2003, he tied for third at the U.S. Open, the second of the majors in the annual schedule. For his outstanding play in 2003, Weir won the Lou Marsh Award for outstanding Canadian athlete of the year.
In February 2004, he joined the ranks of a select few players including Ben Hogan to win back to back championships at the Nissan Open, becoming the sixth player in Nissan Open history to notch back-to-back wins and the first since Corey Pavin (1994, 1995). He is the 20th player to post multiple wins at the Nissan Open.
PGA Tour Victories
Mike Weir now has seven victories on the PGA TOUR:
- 1999: Air Canada Championship
- 2000: WGC-American Express Championship
- 2001: THE TOUR Championship
- 2003: Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
- 2003: Nissan Open
- 2003: The Masters
- 2004: Nissan Open
External links
- Official website (http://www.mikeweir.com/)
- Mike Weir at Golf Stars Online (http://www.golfstarsonline.com/W/Mike_Weir/) Directory of interviews, sites and feature articles with or about him