Mike Weir
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1 Major Championship • 90th All-Time
Major Championship Wins
About Mike Weir
Mike Weir won 1 major championship during their career, with the first coming in 2003.
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Career Highlights
- 1988 Ontario Junior Championship — Early success as junior player in home province
- 1992 BYU All-American — Second Team selection while majoring in Recreation Management
- 1999 Air Canada Championship — First PGA Tour win, first Canadian to win PGA Tour event in Canada in 45 years
- 2001 Tour Championship — Won in playoff over Ernie Els, Sergio García, and David Toms
- 2003 Masters Tournament — Won in playoff over Len Mattiace, only Canadian man to ever win a major championship
- 2003 World Ranking Peak — Reached career-high #3 in world after finishing T3 at U.S. Open
- 2007 Presidents Cup — Beat Tiger Woods in singles match at Royal Montreal; called it "more special than winning the Masters"
- 8 PGA Tour Wins — Tied George Knudson for most PGA Tour wins by a Canadian
- 2021 PGA Tour Champions — Won Insperity Invitational for first victory in 14 years
Did You Know?
- Plays Left-Handed, Is Right-Handed: Mike is naturally right-handed but plays golf left-handed, a trait he shares with Phil Mickelson—learned from hockey
- Jack Nicklaus Letter: At age 14, Weir wrote to Nicklaus asking if he should switch to right-handed; Nicklaus replied "If you are a good player left-handed, don't change anything"—Weir still has the framed letter
- Only Canadian Male Major Winner: Despite Canada's golf history, Weir remains the only Canadian man to win a professional major championship
- Second Lefty Major Winner: When he won the 2003 Masters, Weir was only the second left-handed golfer to win a major (after Bob Charles in 1963)
- Stack and Tilt Swing: Worked with innovative swing coaches Mike Bennett and Andy Plummer on controversial "stack and tilt" method, showing positive results before injuries derailed career
- Winery Owner: Owns vineyard in Garden Route, South Africa, producing "The Goose" wines; his Icewine Vidal named by Travel + Leisure Golf as top five golf-related wine
- Order of Canada: Appointed Member of Order of Canada in 2007, inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame 2009, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame 2017