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Hamilton Spectator - Found Nov. 7, 2009 Mike Weir's next major honour is only partly in recognition of what he's accomplished on a golf course. |
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CBC - Found Nov. 5, 2009 Michalle Jean welcomes professional golfer Mike Weir as a member of the Order of Canada. (CBC)Professional golfer Mike Weir was among the 35... |
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Metronews - Found Nov. 5, 2009 ... answers er Mike Weir to become member of the Order of this week str str + ' CHRIS JOHNSTON November 04, 2009 7:15 p.m. Tet size Mike Weir's... |
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Canadian Press - Found Nov. 14, 2009 Chris Johnston, THE CANADIAN PRESS Mike Weir's next major honour is only partly in recognition of what he's accomplished on a golf course. |
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PGA Tour - Found Oct. 25, 2009 MIKE WEIR: Yeah, I hit it close a lot today. Q. Are you kicking yourself a little bit for yesterday now? MIKE WEIR: Well, you know, I tried hard. |
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KBS Radio - Found Nov. 4, 2009 Mike Weir's next major honour is only partly in recognition of what he's accomplished on a golf course. |
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Guelph Mercury - Found Nov. 4, 2009 Chris Johnston, THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press, 2009 Mike Weir's next major honour is only partly in recognition of what he's accomplished on |
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Winnipeg Free Press - Found Nov. 4, 2009 Mike Weir's next major honour is only partly in recognition of what he's accomplished on a golf course. |
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PGA Tour - Found Oct. 21, 2009 MORE INTERVIEWS: D DOUG MILNE: Mike Weir, thanks for joining us for a few minutes in the interview room here at the Frys.com Open. |
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Winnipeg Sun - Found Oct. 27, 2009 An event was held at St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg to announce that Mike Weir will be participating in the Miracle Drive for Kids event on |
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Mike Weir
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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 | |
| 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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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.
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 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 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.
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.
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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 | |
| 2 | Nov 12, 2000 | WGC-American Express Championship | -11 (68-75-65-69=277) | 2 strokes | |
| 3 | Nov 4, 2001 | The Tour Championship | -14 (68-66-68-68=270) | Playoff | |
| 4 | Feb 2, 2003 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | -30 (67-64-65-67-67=330) | 2 strokes | |
| 5 | Feb 23, 2003 | Nissan Open | -9 (72-68-69-66=275) | Playoff | |
| 6 | Apr 13, 2003 | The Masters | -7 (70-68-75-68=281) | Playoff | |
| 7 | Feb 22, 2004 | Nissan Open | -17 (66-64-66-71=267) | 1 stroke | |
| 8 | Oct 21, 2007 | Fry's Electronics Open | -14 (69-64-65-68=266) | 1 stroke |
PGA Tour playoff record (3-2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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| 1 | 2000 | Michelob Championship at Kingsmill | Lost to Toms who made par on first extra hole | |
| 2 | 2001 | The Tour Championship | Won with birdie on first extra hole | |
| 3 | 2003 | Nissan Open | Won with birdie on second extra hole | |
| 4 | 2003 | The Masters | Won with bogey on first extra hole | |
| 5 | 2004 | Bell Canadian Open | Lost to Singh who made par on third extra hole. |
| 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 |
1 Defeated Len Mattiace in sudden death playoff on the first hole.
| 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.
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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| 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 | 10 |
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.
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| Preceded by Catriona Le May Doan |
Lou Marsh Trophy winner 2003 |
Succeeded by Adam van Koeverden |
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