Mike Weir

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**Mike Weir**
Personal Information
Image:MikeWeir.jpg
Birth:	May 12, 1970, Bright's Grove, Ontario
Height:	5' 9"
Nationality:	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
Residence:	Draper, Utah
Career
College:	Brigham Young University
Turned Professional:	1992
Current Tour:	PGA Tour (joined 1998)
Professional wins:	11 (PGA 7)
Majors:	Masters (2003)
Awards:	none

For the Scottish politician, see Michael 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 40 years earlier. Weir is a right-hander who plays golf left-handed; a trait 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. Weir's wife is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, though Weir himself is not.<ref>http://www.adherents.com/people/pw/Mike_Weir.html</ref> Mike's home course is the Taboo Golf Club in Gravenhurst, Ontario.