Apology over SNP accounting probe
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BBC - Found Mar. 20, 2010 Mike Weir, the SNP MP for Angus, said the Conservatives were engaged in 'mudslinging' and the accusations were 'ludicrous' and 'utter nonsense'. |
Commission to review SNP finances
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BBC - Found Mar. 18, 2010 ... in order to establish the facts and to decide what, if any, action may be appropriate." SNP MP Mike Weir said the Conservatives were engaged... |
Anthony Kim and 3 Others Tie Course Record at Honda Classic
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New York Times - Found Mar. 9, 2010 Mike Weir, Stephen Ames, Paul Casey and Anthony Kim attacked the course for four record-tying rounds of 64. And one golfer who was among the... |
Canada's Mike Weir believes Tiger Woods could make strong return at ...
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KBS Radio - Found Mar. 17, 2010 Mike Weir wouldn't be surprised to see the name Woods on the leaderboard at Augusta National next month. |
Canada's Mike Weir believes Tiger Woods could make strong return at ...
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Metronews - Found Mar. 17, 2010 Mike Weir wouldn't be surprised to see the name Woods on the leaderboard at Augusta National next month. |
Canada's Mike Weir believes Tiger Woods could make strong return at ...
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Winnipeg Free Press - Found Mar. 17, 2010 Mike Weir wouldn't be surprised to see the name Woods on the leaderboard at Augusta National next month. |
Canada's Mike Weir believes Tiger Woods could make strong return at ...
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Guelph Mercury - Found Mar. 17, 2010 Chris Johnston, THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press, 2010 Mike Weir wouldn't be surprised to see the name Woods on the leaderboard at Augusta |
Mike Weir a Bob Hope Classic fan favorite
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The Desert Sun - Found Jan. 25, 2010 LA QUINTA ? Mike Weir's consistent play has put him in contention at the Bob Hope Classic. |
A solid year for Mike Weir
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Sarnia Observer - Found Dec. 31, 2009 Sarnia's Mike Weir acknowledged he had a good year, when he was in town last month for his Canadian Hall of Fame induction ceremony. |
ABBEY HAS 'EXCELLENT' CASE SAYS MP ANGUS MP Mike Weir has described ...
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Arbroath Today - Found Jan. 24, 2010 ANGUS MP Mike Weir has described the decision by the UK Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge MP, to introduce a slimmed down competition to find new |
Mike Weir Biography
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Mike Weir
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Michael Richard Weir |
| Nickname | Weirsy |
| Born | May 12, 1970 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) |
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| 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
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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. Michael Elementary School in Bright's Grove and St. Clair Secondary School in Sarnia, winning the Ontario Junior Championship in 1988. 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
Early professional career
He turned professional in 1992, and started on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour, where he won three events. He also played some events on the Asian PGA Tour early in his career. He first reached the PGA Tour in 1996, but lost his playing privileges, due to insufficient performance. He had to requalify, and did so by winning the final Qualifying School tournament.
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.
Wins Masters
Weir began the 2003 season in impressive fashion, winning two tournaments on the West Coast Swing. He first won the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in Palm Springs, California, and then followed with a win at Riviera Country Club near Los Angeles, at the Nissan Open.
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 and major champion 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. He maintained his position in the world's top ten ranking into 2004.
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 automatically qualify for the 2007 Presidents Cup matches, to be 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, with eight.
Golf Digest magazine of March 2010 reported that Weir had returned to work with instructor Mike Wilson, who was his coach during his most successful period in the early 2000s. Weir is going away from the 'stack-and-tilt' method, and is working on reclaiming his swing as developed with Wilson.6
Personal life
Weir currently lives in Draper, Utah, with his wife Bricia and two daughters. Weir's home course used to be theTaboo Resort in Gravenhurst, Ontario, until the course dropped his name in 2008
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 2008.7
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 8, replacing Bell Canada.
Professional wins (14)
PGA Tour wins (8)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s) up |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | T10 | T30 | T16 | T34 | T7 | CUT | T47 | 6 | CUT | T42 | CUT |
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 |
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| Accenture Match Play Championship | DNP | R32 | DNP | R32 | R32 | R32 | R64 | R16 | R64 | R64 |
| CA Championship | T30 | 1 | NT1 | T15 | T28 | DNP | T18 | DNP | T50 | T20 |
| Bridgestone Invitational | DNP | T24 | 25 | T24 | T23 | T41 | T36 | T22 | WD | DNP |
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 |
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| Accenture Match Play Championship | R64 | R32 |
| CA Championship | T35 | T26 |
| Bridgestone Invitational | 10 | |
| HSBC Champions | 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.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
- Presidents Cup (International Team): 2000, 2003 (tie), 2005, 2007, 2009
- WGC-World Cup (representing Canada): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007
See also
References
- ^ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking
- ^ BYU Men's Golf All-Americans
- ^ Jim Furyk Wins the US Open and Climbs 4 position to World No. 6
- ^ TSN: GOLF-Canada's Sports Leader
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070930/wl_canada_nm/canada_golf_presidents_weir_col_3;_ylt=Alg.8vMCS1BeGABQv527jb4E1vAI
- ^ Golf Digest, March 2010.
- ^ Canada's Weir Branches Into the Wine Business - washingtonpost.com
- ^ Thomson - Mike Weir Golf Partnership
External links
- Mike Weir.com official site
- PGA Tour.com - profile - Mike Weir
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| Preceded by Catriona Le May Doan |
Lou Marsh Trophy winner 2003 |
Succeeded by Adam van Koeverden |
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