Mike Weir News

AUGUSTA, Ga. (CP) _ One of Mike Weir's golf balls is lying at the bottom of Rae's Creek after an exhausting week at the Masters. The Canadian lefty didn't hit it there. Instead, he tossed the Titleist in the water behind the 11th green Sunday after holing a bunker shot for par on one of the toughest holes at Augusta National. ``That was just a lucky shot I guess,'' Weir ...

Jim Furyk shot a 5-under 67 Tuesday for a one-stroke lead over U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy after the opening round of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Defending champion Tiger Woods, who has won the exclusive four-man event a record six straight times in seven appearances, struggled off the tee and scrambled to a 70. Mike Weir of Bright's Grove, Ont., the final member of the all-star foursome, fired ...

K.J. Choi's 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole curled in the left side of the cup and made him the outright leader Saturday in the Chrysler Championship, and that was about all it decided. One shot behind was Ernie Els, playing well and determined to win for the first time this year, and the first time on U.S. soil since he captured the Memorial in 2004. Then there was ...

Masters champion Phil Mickelson is done playing for the year, the PGA of America announced Thursday in saying that Canadian Mike Weir would replace him in the Grand Slam of Golf. Mickelson has shut it down after the PGA Championship the last two years, wanting to spend more time with his family. He did not enter the American Express Championship outside London this week, and a year ago skipped the ...

Former Masters champion Mike Weir of Bright's Grove, Ont., and Vancouver's Jim Rutledge will represent Canada at the 2006 world golf championship. It will mark the first time Canada has participated in the event since 2004. Weir last took part in 2003 with Ian Leggatt of Cambridge, Ont. ``I'm looking forward to playing with Jim to represent Canada at the World Cup,'' Weir said in a statement. ``He has enjoyed ...

Canadian Mike Weir lost 5 and 3 to England's Paul Casey in the quarter-finals of the World Match Play Championship on Friday. The left-hander from Bright's Grove, Ont., led three times during the first 18 holes despite carding four bogeys and three birdies. Casey pulled ahead on the back 18, moving 3-up after 30 holes and sealing the victory when Weir bogeyed the 32nd and 33rd holes. American Shaun Micheel, ...

Canadian Mike Weir was all square with England's Paul Casey after 18 holes in the quarter-finals of the World Match Play Championship on Thursday. The left-hander from Bright's Grove, Ont., led three times during the first 18 holes despite carding four bogeys and three birdies. American Shawn Micheel, who upset Tiger Woods on Wednesday, was 5-up over England's Luke Donald after 18 holes. The championship offers the richest prize in ...

 Mike Weir isn't a big hitter on the golf course and he certainly isn't one on the baseball field, something he showed Monday morning while taking batting practice with the Toronto Blue Jays. Not that an abundance of foul tips and weak grounders took away from the experience for the left-hander from Bright's Grove, Ont., who also managed a few line drives and one shot to deep right off Blue ...

HOYLAKE, England (CP-AP) _ Mike Weir rallied from a rocky start to put himself in a good position at the British Open. Despite two early bogeys, the left-hander from Bright's Grove, Ont., bounced back Thursday to post six birdies and join Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els and a host of others at 4-under 68 at Royal Liverpool, one shot back of clubhouse leader Greg Owen of England. ``A good round,'' Weir ...

HOYLAKE, England (CP-AP) _ Mike Weir is in good position at the British Open. Despite two early bogeys, the left-hander from Bright's Grove, Ont., rallied Thursday to post six birdies and join Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els and a host of others at 4-under 68 at Royal Liverpool, one shot back of clubhouse leader Greg Owen of England. ``A good round,'' Weir told TNT television. ``I was not quite in my ...