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Michael Richard Weir Order of Ontario|O.Ont. (born
May 12, 1970) is a professional Canadian golfer.

Born in Sarnia, Ontario|Sarnia, Ontario, Canada,
and considering Bright's Grove, Ontario, within
the boundaries of the city of Sarnia,
Ontario|Sarnia, as his hometown, he competes on
the PGA TOUR and the European circuit. He is a
graduate of Brigham Young University (Recreation
Management) and turned pro in 1992.  He lives in
Draper, Utah with his wife Bricia and two
daughters. Mike's home course is the Taboo Golf
Club in Gravenhurst, Ontario.

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 on Canadian soil in 45 years.

On April 13, 2003, he won The Masters at Augusta,
Georgia, one of the four Majors|major tournaments
in men's golf.

Mike Weir is the first Canada|Canadian to win one
of the current Majors|major championships (Sandy
Sommerville 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, following on
from Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles who won the
The Open Championship|British Open 41 years
earlier. Interestingly, Weir is a right-hander who
plays golf left-handed—a feature he shares
with today's most prominent left-handed golfer,
Phil Mickelson.

In June 2003, he tied for third at the US Open
(golf)|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.

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.

==PGA Tour Victories==
Mike Weir now has seven victories on the PGA TOUR:
* 1999: Air Canada Championship
* 2000: WGC-American Express Championship
* 2001: THE TOUR Championship
* 2003: Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
* 2003: Nissan Open
* 2003: The Masters Tournament|The Masters
* 2004: Nissan Open

Weir's major championship is shown in bold.

==External links==
* http://www.mikeweir.com/ Official website
* http://www.golfstarsonline.com/W/Mike_Weir/ Mike
Weir at Golf Stars Online Directory of interviews,
sites and feature articles with or about him

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