Canada's Mike Weir is making his fifth Presidents Cup appearance.
Oct. 1, 2009
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A hometown hero in the 2007 Matches, Canada's greatest golfer is back for his fifth Presidents Cup. Coming into the 2009 season, Mike Weir had eight career PGA TOUR victories to his credit including the 2003 Masters Tournament, the first major championship won by a Canadian. But if you asked him to name his greatest thrill in golf, one that would make the very short list would be making the International Team at the 2007 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club as one of Gary Player's Captain's Picks. Weir ran up a 3-1-1 record in front of his countrymen -- with one of those victories coming in his Singles match against none other than Tiger Woods, 1-up. Weir showed just how solid he can be in head-to-head competition when he won the Masters by beating Len Mattiace on the first hole of their playoff. He played his way into the showdown with Mattiace by shooting a bogey-free final round, only the fourth in Masters history and the first since Doug Ford in 1957. The victory was the first by a lefty in a major championship since Sir Bob Charles at the 1963 British Open.
| The Weir file |
| FULL NAME: Michael Richard Weir |
| HEIGHT: 5-9 |
| WEIGHT: 155 |
| BIRTHDATE: May 12, 1970 |
| BIRTHPLACE: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| RESIDENCE: Draper, Utah |
| FAMILY: Wife, Bricia; Elle Marisa (12/19/97), Lili (4/3/00) |
| EDUCATION: Brigham Young University (1993, Recreation Management) |
| SPECIAL INTERESTS: Hockey, fly fishing, skiing |
| TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1992 |
| Q SCHOOL: 1997, 1998 |
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| Personal info |
| During a busy Presidents Cup week in Montreal in 2007, Mike Weir met and presented Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper with a personalized TaylorMade golf bag. Prior to the 2003 Presidents Cup, he gave teammates Team Canada hockey jerseys with their names stitched on the back. He dropped the ceremonial puck before the Toronto Maple Leafs' playoff game against the Philadelphia Flyers on April 14, 2003. He is a three-time recipient (2000-01 and 2003) of the Lionel Conacher Award, given to Canadas Male Athlete of the Year and the first golfer to win the honor since 1932. He received the Order of Canada in 2007, Canadas highest civilian honor, and received the Order of Ontario in 2004. His Web site is mikeweir.com. |
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| Playing record |
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES: (8) 1999 Air Canada Championship. 2000 World Golf Championships-American Express Championship. 2001 THE TOUR Championship. 2003 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Nissan Open, Masters Tournament. 2004 Nissan Open. 2007 Frys Electronics Open. |
| 2009 PGA TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: He opened the season with a 10-under 62, one shy of his career-low round, on his way to a tie for third at the 50th Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer, a tournament he won in 2003. He finished second at the 54-hole, rain-shortened AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He recorded consecutive top-10 finishes at the Memorial Tournament and the U.S. Open. He made a hole-in-one at the RBC Canadian Open, his second ace on TOUR. He finished 10th at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, his third 10th-place finish in his last six starts. |
| NATIONAL TEAMS: The Presidents Cup (5), 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009; World Cup (6), 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 |
| PRESIDENTS CUP RECORD: 11-7-1 |
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| All-time playing partners |
| Robert Allenby (2 Four-ball) |
| Steve Elkington (2 Four-ball) |
| Ernie Els (2 Four-ball) |
| Retief Goosen (1 Foursomes) |
| Trevor Immelman (2 Foursomes, 1 Four-ball) |
| Nick Price (2 Foursomes) |
| Vijay Singh (3 Foursomes) |
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