Michael Richard Weir , (born May 12, 1970) is a Canadian professional golfer playing on the PGA Tour. He spent more than 110 weeks in rank 10 of the World's Official Golf Ranking between 2001 and 2005. He was lefty and famous for winning the Masters in 2003.
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Initial years
Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Weir grew up in a suburb of Sarnia, Brights Grove. He learned to play golf at the Huron Oaks Golf Course, and was trained there by Steve Bennett. Like most Canadian boys, his first sport was hockey; he is a natural left-hand shot, and begins playing left-handed golf as a follow-up to his hockey experience. Weir was fortunate that his godson's son was left-handed and had a number of spare clubs he had handed to Weir - three forests and four irons. From his income as a caddy and pro shop worker, he bought a left hand wedge he used until his grip disappeared. When he was 12 years old, he won a junior tournament where the first prize was a complete set of irons; he replaced four original irons with the club he won. While working at Huron Oaks, he also met Jack Nicklaus at the age of 11, when a golf legend came to the club to play an exhibition. This meeting set the stage for an important moment in Weir's career.
Weir let go of his hockey early in his teenage years when he realized he would not go beyond the average size and that golf is his best sport. However, he has received suggestions that he may be a better golfer if he switches to play without hands. In 1984, Weir decided to write Nicklaus advice, whether to switch. Nicklaus quickly retaliated and told Weir,
"If you're a good left-handed player, do not change anything - especially if it feels natural to you."
He never thought of switching to the right-handed game again, and still kept the letter, which is now framed, at his home.
He attended St. Elementary School. Michael at Brights Grove and St. Clair Secondary School in Sarnia, won the Ontario Junior Championship in 1988. He was a graduate of Brigham Young University (majoring in Recreational Management), and won the Ontario Amateur Championship in 1990 and 1992. He was tied for the 2nd at the Canadian Amateur Championships 1991, and finished the second clear in the event in 1992. He was an All-American selection at BYU in 1992 in the Second Team.
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Professional career
Weir became professional in 1992, and embarked on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour, where he won three shows. He also played several shows on the Asian PGA Tour early in his career. He first reached the PGA Tour in 1998, but lost his playing rights, due to inadequate performance. He must re-qualify, and do so by becoming a medalist in the last Qualifying School tournament.
Weir's first PGA Tour victory came at the 1999 Canadian Air Championships in Surrey, British Columbia. The victory made him the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in Canada in 45 years. He shared a 54-hole lead at the 1999 PGA Championship with Tiger Woods but finished T-10. He won the Tour Championships in the playoffs in 2001.
Weir started the 2003 season in an impressive way, winning two tournaments on the West Coast Swing. He first won the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in Palm Springs, California, and then followed with a victory at the Riviera Country Club near Los Angeles, at the Nissan Open.
In April, Weir won the 2003 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, one of the four major championships. He is the only Canadian man ever to win a major professional championship. When he won the Masters, Weir became only the second left-handed golfer to win one of four majors, the other being Bob Charles, who won the British Open forty years earlier. Weir is a left-handed golfer playing golf with his left hand, a trait he shares with fellow PGA Tour pro and top champion Phil Mickelson.
In June, Weir tied for third at the US Open, the second from the majors, who moved him to third place in Official World Golf Ranking, his highest ranking. For his remarkable game in 2003, Weir won the Trophy of Lou Marsh for this outstanding Canadian athlete this year. He retained his position in the top ten world rankings to 2004.
In February 2004, Weir joined the ranks of several elected players including Ben Hogan to win consecutive championships at the Nissan Open, becoming the sixth player in the history of the Nissan Open for a back-to-back victory, and the first since Corey Pavin (1994). , 1995). He is the 20th player to post a few wins at the Nissan Open.
Weir went over three and a half years after his second win at the Nissan Open before his next win on tour. Working with Mike Bennett and Andy Plummer on the new swing shows some positive results (top twenties, including a tie for the eighth in the Open Championship). While working on a swing change, he has dipped the world rankings to the point that he did not automatically qualify for a 2007 Presidential Cup match, held at the Royal Montreal Golf Club. He has to play in the tournament he helped bring to Canada because he was chosen by international team captain Gary Player as one of his discretionary options. This turned out to be an inspired choice as Weir went on to defeat Tiger Woods's current number one in a hot game, despite his side losing the Cup. When asked, Weir enthusiastically stated, "When I look back on my career, this might be even more special than winning the Masters." His swing change, coupled with the momentum of his performance in the Presidents Cup, culminated in his first win in more than three years at Fry's Electronics Open in October 2007. This victory in Arizona tied Weir with George Knudson for most of the PGA Tour was won by Canada , with eight.
Golf Digest Magazine reported in March 2010 that Weir has returned to work with instructor Mike Wilson, who was his coach during his most successful period in the early 2000s. Weir will step away from the 'stack-and-tilt' method and try to retake the swing as it developed with Wilson. In October 2010 Weir said he plans to not rely too much on swing coach Mike Wilson, because he thinks he does not need a teacher but a set of eyes, whether it's Mike or someone else. I take ownership of what I try to achieve when I make a swing... I feel like I do not need anyone to tell me what to do. I know what I have to do, Weir added. In July 2011, Weir rehired the makers of 'stack and tilt' Mike Bennett and Andy Plummer.
Season 2010 Weir ends early with a torn ligament on his right elbow. He started in 2011 on a major medical exception, which meant he had to earn a difference between the 2010 earnings and $ 786,977 (equivalent to Troy Merritt, who finished with the final free spot and 125th in the Tour) in five starts to maintain the full Tour status. Otherwise, he can use one of two special exceptions he has because of career earnings to play the PGA Tour in 2011, but it is something he hopes not to do. Weir had difficulty cutting and did not finish high enough to maintain a significant status on the Tour, downgraded to the Champions category, among the lowest in the PGA Tour exclusion priority ranking.
After injury hit the 2010 and 2011 season, Weir started the 2012 season at AT & amp; T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am after six months out of the game recovered from elbow surgery. Because Weir does not have full status on the PGA Tour, he activated the European Tour membership for 2012, which came after he won the Masters in 2003. He missed a cut at AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, finishing at 6 He missed the next two pieces on the PGA Tour following Pebble Beach but made the weekend on the European Tour at Open de Andalucia. Weir used a special exclusion destined for the top 25 players on the PGA Tour money list to regain his PGA Tour rights for 2013.
Playing on the top 50 list of top career listings for 2014, Weir almost earned his first win in seven years at the Byron Nelson Championship but finished two strokes behind Brendon Todd for his first top ten since 2010. The runner-up finish was the best of the Weir results since his last victory in 2007. The result lifted Weir more than 350 places in the world rankings to 238. Although Weir missed the FedEx Cup playoffs, he finished in the top 125 list on the money list, which made him free for the 2014-15 season.
Weir joined the TNT broadcast team for the 2016 PGA Championship, as an on-course reporter.
Personal life, honor
Weir currently lives in Sandy, Utah, with two daughters. Weir's home course used to be the Taboo Resort in Gravenhurst, Ontario, until the course dropped its name in 2008.
In June 2007, it was announced that Weir would be appointed as a Member of the Canadian Order. He was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 2003.
Creekside Estate Winery, near Lincoln, Ontario, began producing wine for Weir in 2005, and in 2007 has released Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc, Cabernet-Merlot, Cabernet-Shiraz and Icewine. Icewine Vidal was named by Travel and Leisure Golf magazine as one of the top five golf wines. Weir announced plans to open his own winery in the summer of 2008.
On December 17, 2007, Thomson Corporation (now Thomson Reuters) announced that it will be a major corporate sponsor for Weir for five years starting January 2008, replacing Bell Canada.
Weir's caddy, from 1999 to 2010, is a fellow Ontarian Brennan Little. In January 2011, Weir hired veteran caddy Pete Bender.
In 2010, Weir was voted # 12 on the list of 100 Greatest Athletes of All Time Canada.
Parks in Brights Grove, Ontario named with Weir, located on 43,027 Â ° N 82,288 Â ° W / 43,027; -82.278 .
There is a street in Draper, Utah is named after him.
Weir resigned from the RBC Canadian Open 2015, and took absenteeism from the golf competition, according to a statement he posted Friday July 17, 2015 on his Twitter account. He called it a "very difficult" decision to withdraw from the national opening of his country. That would be Weir's 25th appearance in the event.
Weir was appointed as captain's assistant to Nick Price for the 2017 President Cup competition.
In 2017, Weir was sworn in as Sports Hall of Fame in Canada.
Professional Victory professional (15)
PGA Tour Playoff Record (3-2)
Canadian Tour wins (3)
- 1993 Infinity Tournament Players Championship
- 1997 BC, Pacific Open, Canadian Masters
Other victories (4)
- 1999 Telus Skins Game
- 2003 Champions Challenge (with Dean Wilson)
- 2004 Champions Challenge (with Dean Wilson)
- Telus World Skins 2010 Game
Main championships
Won (1)
1 Beat Len Mattiace in a sudden playoff to death: Weir (5) and Mattiace (6).
Timeline of results
CUT = miss half cut
"T" = bound
Summary
- Some successive deductions are made - 8 (twice)
- The farthest line is top-10 - 2 (twice)
World Golf Championships
Won (1)
Timeline of results
1 Canceled because 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Rounds where players lose in game matches
"T" = Tied WD = Withdrew
NT = No tournament
Note that HSBC Champions is not a WGC event until 2009.
PGA Tour career overview
* In season 2016-17.
Summary of PGA Tour performances
- Start - 435
- Cuts created - 264
- Win - 8
- Second position finished - 10
- where the 3rd is done - 8
- Top 10 finishes - 69
- Top 25 done - 140
* Done through 2015-16 season
Team appearance
Professional
- World Cup (representing Canada): 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007
- Presidents Cup (International Team): 2000, 2003 (tie), 2005, 2007, 2009
See also
- 1997 graduate of PGA Tour Qualification School
- Graduate of PGA Tour Qualifying graduate in 1998
- List of celebrities with wineries and vineyards
- List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
References
External links
- Official website
- Mike Weir on the official PGA Tour website
- Mike Weir on Official World Golf Ranking's official site
- CanadianGolfer.com - Weir Mike's article
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