Residence: Draper, Utah
DOB: 05/12/1970 |
Canadian left-hander Mike Weir is best known for his victory at the 2003 Masters at Augusta National making history as the first Canadian to win a Major. He was also, incidentally, only the second left-hander to win a Major - the other being Bob Charles in 1962 who beat Phil Rodgers to win the famous claret jug at the Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes (Phil Mickelson, of course, has now made it a trio). Weir is a right-hander who plays golf left-handed; a trait he shares with fellow PGA Tour pro Phil Mickelson and Golfbidder’s resident ‘lefty’ Thomas Tanner.
Aged 13 Mike sought advice from Jack Nicklaus. In a letter, asked whether he should switch to playing right-handed? Jack’s response was to stick to his natural swing. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University (majoring in Recreation Management), and won the Ontario Amateur Championship in 1990 and 1992. He was an All-American at BYU in 1992 and 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 British Columbia made him the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in Canada in 45 years. He went on to win 2 more times in 2003 – at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and in Nissan Open – victories which took him to No 3 in the Official World Rankings, a career high ranking. For his outstanding play in 2003, Weir won the Lou Marsh Trophy for outstanding Canadian athlete of the year.
Our biog photo of Mike Weir was taken at the World Golf Championships at Doral in March 2007 where he picked up a paltry $45,000 for coming tied 50th. Hardly worth turning up, was it?
Away from the golf course, 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 under the Wier brand. 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.
Mike best result in 2008 came at the Deutsche Bank Championship where he finished alone in second place. He could not consolidate a first round 61 and go on to win. 7 further top-10 finishes in 2008 elevated mike to #21 in the World Rankings and 14th on the PGA Tour money list with over $3million in prize money in 2008. |
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22-25 March - WGC - CA Championship - Doral Golf Resort and Spa - Blue Monster Course.Tiger Woods bagged another $1.35m for his two-shot win over Ryder Cup team mate Brett Wetterich at the Blue Monster Course at the Doral Resort in Miami, Florida between 22nd-25th March 2007. No one ever got closer than three shots to Tiger on the final afternoon. The World Golf Championships are played over five continents – and feature the top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings along with top finishers on the money lists of six Tours comprising the International Federation of PGA Tours (PGA TOUR, European Tour, Australasian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Asian Tour and Southern Africa Tour). The formats vary - match play, strokeplay and team - but the purses are always big! The WGC CA Championship is the fifth tournament Woods has won at least three times in a row. |
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| | In Mike Weir's bag... | In Mike's bag at Doral (some of it hidden) is aTaylorMade r7 Superquad driver, TaylorMade Rescue Dual TP. We can only see the front of the irons here, but according to Mike Weir's own website they are TaylorMade RAC TP Combos. He also uses Vokey wedges and TaylorMade Monza Corsa putter.
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