Mike Weir

Michael Richard Weir O.Ont. (born May 12, 1970) is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

Weir was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He 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 and in the top 3 in the Official World Golf 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.

1 PGA Tour wins
2 Results in major championships
3 International Victories
4 Other Victories
5 Team appearances
6 External links
7 References
8 Related Articles
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[edit] PGA Tour wins

1999 (1) Air Canada Championship
2000 (1) WGC-American Express Championship
2001 (1) THE TOUR Championship
2003 (3) Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Nissan Open, The Masters
2004 (1) Nissan Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Results in major championships

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

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