Mike Weir
| Mike Weir | |
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| Personal information | |
| Sporting nationality | Canadian |
| Residence | Draper, Utah |
| Career | |
| College | Brigham Young University |
| Highest ranking | 3 (June 15, 2003)[1] |
- For the Scottish politician, see Michael Weir
Michael Richard Weir O.Ont. (born May 12, 1970, in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) is a professional golfer on the PGA TOUR.
Weir is a graduate of Brigham Young University (majoring in Recreation Management), and he turned pro in 1992. 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 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. Mike is the first Canadian ever to win a professional major championship (Sandy Somerville 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 41 years earlier. Interestingly, Weir is a right-hander who plays golf left-handed — a feature he shares with fellow PGA Tour pro Phil Mickelson.
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 and for a time in 2003 and 2004 he was in the top ten in PGA Tour player rankings.
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.
Weir currently lives in Draper, Utah, with his wife Bricia and two daughters. Mike's home course is the Taboo Golf Club in Gravenhurst, Ontario.
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
Weir's major championship is shown in bold.
International Victories
Other Victories
- 2003 Champions Challenge [with Dean Wilson]
- 2004 Champions Challenge [with Dean Wilson]
Team appearances
- Presidents Cup (International Team): 2000, 2003, 2005
- WGC-World Cup (representing Canada): 2000, 2001, 2002
External links
- Official website
- Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
- Mike Weir at Golf Stars Online Directory of interviews, sites and feature articles with or about him
- ^ "Week 24 2003 Ending 15 Jun 2003" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved December 20, 2018.