Biography

Mike Weir

Michael Richard Weir  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

7 - 1999 Air Canada Championship; 2000 American Express Championship; 2001 Tour Championship; 2003 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Nissan Open, Masters, 2004 Nissan Open. 

Other

1993 Infiniti Open; 1997 BCTEL Open, Canadian Masters 

Career Summary

1996 PGA Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 5; in money - 2; Top-10 finishes - 1; money $36,624 (ranked 210th); best finish T5th, Greater Vancouver Open.

1997 PGA Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 4; in money - 1; Top-10 finishes - 0; money $7,709 (ranked 287th); best finish T31st, B.C. Open. 

1998 PGA Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 27; in money - 13; Top-10 finishes - 2; scoring average 71.73 (ranked 141st); money $218,967 (ranked 131st); best finish T5th, Greater Vancouver Open. 

1999 PGA Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 30; in money - 20; top-10 finishes - 7; scoring average 70.52 (ranked 31st); money $1,491,139 (ranked 23rd); winner Air Canada Championship.

2000 PGA Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 28; rounds played - 95 ; in money -23; top-10 finishes - 8; money $2,547,829 (ranked 6th); Winner at the American Express Championship

2000 Stats

Scoring - 70.36 / (28th); driving distance - 271.9 / (119th); driving accuracy -69.6% / (83rd); GIR - 68.1% / (42nd); putting - 1.742 / (8th); birdie average - 3.84 per rd / (27th) / total birdies - 365; sand saves - 61.0% / (24th); scrambling - 60.5% / (80th); all-around rank - 409 / (21st)

2001 Notes

Won the Tour Championship by beating Ernie Els, David Toms and Sergio Garcia in a playoff.

2001 PGA Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 23; rounds played - 86 ; in money -20; top-10 finishes - 6 money $2,777,936 (ranked 11th); Winner at the Tour Championship;

2001 Stats

Scoring - 70.06 / (17th); driving distance - 284.4 / (45th); driving accuracy -64.9% / (152nd); GIR - 67.7% / (58); putting - 1.761 / (65th); birdie average - 3.64 per rd / (88th) / total birdies - 313; sand saves - 58.7% / (22nd); scrambling - 64.5% / (14th); all-around rank - 451 / (24th).

2002 Notes

Lowest money rank since joining the PGA Tour in 1998

2002 PGA Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 25; rounds played - 92 ; in money -22; top-10 finishes - 0; money $843,891 (ranked 78th); best finish T-11th at the Honda Classic 

2002 Stats

Scoring - 70.88 / (64th); driving distance - 280.0 / (100th); driving accuracy -66.2% / (130th); GIR - 69.5% / (14th); putting - 1.779 / (121st); birdie average - 3.89 per rd / (33rd) / total birdies - 358; sand saves - 53.8% / (62nd); all-around rank - 584 / (39th).

2003 Notes

Along with Ernie Els had the best record of anyone else in the majors winning the Masters, finishing T3rd in the U.S. Open, T28th in the British Open and T7th in the PGA Championship.

2003 PGA Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 21; Rounds Played - 75; in money - 20; top -10 Finishes - 10; money $4,918,910 Rank (5th); Best finish: Won at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Nissan Open & The Masters

2003 Stats

Scoring - 68.97 / (3rd); Driving Distance - 289.2 / (68th); Driving Accuracy - 63.4% / (132nd); GIR - 65.9% / (81st); Putting - 1.733 / (11th); Birdie Average - 4.03 per rd / (14th) / Total Birdies - 302; Sand Saves - 52.0% / (66th); All-Around Rank - 415 / (13th).

2004 Notes

Finished as runner-up at the Bell Canadian Open after a bogey on the 72nd hole pushed him into a playoff with Vijay Singh. Missed a five-footer for birdie on the second extra hole to win and was defeated by Singh on the following hole after Weir's approach found the hazard just right of the green. 

2004 PGA Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 22; Rounds Played - 73; in money - 16; top -10 Finishes - 7; money $2,761,536 Rank (14th); Best finish: Win at the Nissan Open

2004 Stats

Scoring - 70.20 / (18th); Driving Distance - 282.1 / (138th); Driving Accuracy - 64.1% / (101st); GIR - 65.1% / (95th); Putting - 1.749 / (21st); Birdie Average - 3.75 per rd / (41st) / Total Birdies - 274; Sand Saves - 53.7% / (36th); All-Around Rank - 533 / (34th).

PGA Tour Victories

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

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Weir
http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2005/scoring/profiles/10423.html