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Mike Weir
Personal information
Full name	Michael Richard Weir
Born	May 12, 1970 (1970-05-12) (age 39) Sarnia, Ontario
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Nationality	Canada
Residence	Sandy, Utah
Spouse	Bricia
Children	Elle Marisa (1997) Lili (2000)
Career
College	Brigham Young University
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	8
Other	6
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 1)
The Masters	Won: 2003
U.S. Open	T3: 2003
Open Championship	T8: 2007
PGA Championship	6th: 2006
Achievements and awards
Lou Marsh Trophy	2003
Lionel Conacher Award	2000, 2001, 2003

Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont (born May 12, 1970) is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 100 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005.¹

Contents 1 Early years 2 Professional career 3 Personal life 4 Professional wins (14) 4.1 PGA Tour wins (8) 4.2 Canadian Tour wins (3) 4.3 Other wins (3) 5 Major Championships 5.1 Wins (1) 5.2 Results timeline 6 Results in World Golf Championship events 7 Team appearances 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

Early years

Weir was born in Sarnia, Ontario. He grew up in the Sarnia suburb of Bright's Grove, Ontario, where he learned to golf at Huron Oaks Golf Course, and was coached there by Steve Bennett. He attended St. Clair Secondary School in Sarnia, and won the 1988 Ontario Junior Championship. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University (majoring in Recreation Management), and won the Ontario Amateur Championship in 1990 and 1992. He tied for 2nd at the 1991 Canadian Amateur Championship, and finished clear second in that event in 1992. He was an All-American selection at BYU in 1992 on the Second Team.² He turned professional in 1992, and started on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour.

Professional career

Weir's 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 in Canada in 45 years.

On April 13, 2003, Weir won the prestigious Masters Tournament at Augusta, Georgia, one of the four major tournaments in men's golf. He is the first Canadian male ever to win a professional major championship (Sandy Somerville and Gary Cowan 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, the other being Bob Charles, who won the British Open 40 years earlier. Weir is a right-hander who plays golf left-handed; a trait he shares with fellow PGA Tour pro Phil Mickelson.

In June 2003, Weir tied for third at the U.S. Open, the second of the majors in the annual schedule, which moved him to third in the Official World Golf Rankings, his highest ranking.³ For his outstanding play in 2003, Weir won the Lou Marsh Trophy for outstanding Canadian athlete of the year and for a time in 2003 and 2004 he was in the top ten in PGA Tour player rankings.

In February 2004, Weir 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.

Weir went more than three-and-a-half years after his second win at the Nissan Open before winning his next tournament. Working with Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett on a new swing showed some positive results (two top tens, including a tie for eighth at the Open Championship). While working on the swing changes, he had dipped in the world rankings to a point that he did not qualify for the 2007 Presidents Cup matches being held at the Royal Montreal Golf Club. He got to play in the tournament he helped bring to Canada because he was picked by International team captain Gary Player as one of his discretionary selections.⁴ This turned out to be an inspired choice as Weir went on to beat current number one Tiger Woods in a heated match, despite his team losing the Cup. When asked, Weir enthusiastically stated, "When I look back on my career, this may be even more special than winning the Masters." ⁵ His swing changes, coupled with the momentum from his Presidents Cup performance, culminated in his first win in over three years at the Fry's Electronics Open in October 2007. This victory in Arizona tied Weir with George Knudson for most PGA Tour wins by a Canadian.

Personal life

Weir currently lives in Sandy, Utah, with his wife Bricia and two daughters. Weir's home course is the Taboo Resort in Gravenhurst, Ontario. Following his playoff victory at the 2003 Masters Tournament, he was allowed to clear out the beer from the clubhouse refrigerator to take back for a victory party at a rented house full of Canadians.^{citation needed}

In June 2007, it was announced that Weir would be appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. He was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 2003.

Creekside Estate Winery, near Lincoln, Ontario, began producing wine for Weir in 2005, and as of 2007 had released a merlot, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, cabernet-merlot, cabernet-shiraz and icewine. His Icewine Vidal was named by Travel and Leisure Golf magazine as one of its top five golf-related wines. Weir has announced plans to open his own winery in the summer of 2008.⁶

On December 17, 2007, The Thomson Corporation (now Thomson Reuters) announced it will be the lead corporate sponsor for Weir for a five-year term beginning in January 2008 ⁷, replacing Bell Canada.

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (8)

Legend Major Championship (1) World Golf Championships (1) Other PGA Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s) up
1	Sep 5, 1999	Air Canada Championship	-18 (68-70-64-64=266)	2 strokes	Fred Funk
2	Nov 12, 2000	WGC-American Express Championship	-11 (68-75-65-69=277)	2 strokes	Lee Westwood
3	Nov 4, 2001	The Tour Championship	-14 (68-66-68-68=270)	Playoff	Ernie Els, David Toms, Sergio García
4	Feb 2, 2003	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	-30 (67-64-65-67-67=330)	2 strokes	Jay Haas
5	Feb 23, 2003	Nissan Open	-9 (72-68-69-66=275)	Playoff	Charles Howell III
6	Apr 13, 2003	The Masters	-7 (70-68-75-68=281)	Playoff	Len Mattiace
7	Feb 22, 2004	Nissan Open	-17 (66-64-66-71=267)	1 stroke	Shigeki Maruyama
8	Oct 21, 2007	Fry's Electronics Open	-14 (69-64-65-68=266)	1 stroke	Mark Hensby

PGA Tour playoff record (3-2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2000	Michelob Championship at Kingsmill	David Toms	Lost to Toms who made par on first extra hole
2	2001	The Tour Championship	Ernie Els, David Toms, Sergio García	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2003	Nissan Open	Charles Howell III	Won with birdie on second extra hole
4	2003	The Masters	Len Mattiace	Won with bogey on first extra hole
5	2004	Bell Canadian Open	Vijay Singh	Lost to Singh who made par on third extra hole.

Canadian Tour wins (3)

• 1993 Infinity Tournament Players Championship
• 1997 BC TEL Pacific Open, Canadian Masters

Other wins (3)

• 1999 TELUS Skins Game
• 2003 Champions Challenge (with Dean Wilson)
• 2004 Champions Challenge (with Dean Wilson)

Major Championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
2003	The Masters	2 shot deficit	-7 (70-68-75-68=281)	Playoff 1	Len Mattiace

¹ Defeated Len Mattiace in sudden death playoff on the first hole.

Results timeline

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	T28	T27	T24	1	CUT	T5	T11	T20	T17	T46
U.S. Open	CUT	T16	T19	CUT	T3	T4	T42	T6	T20	T18	T10
The Open Championship	T37	T52	CUT	T69	T28	T9	CUT	T56	T8	T39
PGA Championship	T10	T30	T16	T34	T7	CUT	T47	6	CUT	T42

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Accenture Match Play Championship	DNP	R32	DNP	R32	R32	R32	R64	R16	R64	R64	R64
CA Championship	T30	1	NT1	T15	T28	DNP	T18	DNP	T50	T20	T35
Bridgestone Invitational	DNP	T24	25	T24	T23	T41	T36	T22	WD	DNP

¹Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
NT = No Tournament
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

• Presidents Cup (International Team): 2000, 2003 (tie), 2005, 2007
• WGC-World Cup (representing Canada): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

External links

• Mike Weir.com official site
• PGA Tour.com - profile - Mike Weir

Awards
Preceded by Catriona Le May Doan	Lou Marsh Trophy winner 2003	Succeeded by Adam van Koeverden

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