2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

MIKE WEIR (WEER)EXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 2003 Masters Tournament (through 2008)FULL NAME: Michael Richard Weir HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 155BIRTHDATE: May 12, 1970BIRTHPLACE: Sarnia, Ontario, CanadaRESIDENCE: Draper, UT FAMILY: Wife, Bricia; Elle Marisa (12/19/97), Lili (4/3/00)EDUCATION: Brigham Young University (1993, Recreation Management) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Hockey, fishing, sportsTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1992 Q SCHOOL: 1997, 1998PGA TOUR VICTORIES (6): 1999 Air Canada Championship. 2000 WGC-AmericanExpress Championship. 2001 THE TOUR Championship. 2003 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic,Nissan Open, Masters Tournament.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (2): 1997 BC TEL Pacific Open [Can], Canadian Masters [Can].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Nissan Open,Masters Tournament; 3—the Memorial Tournament, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, U.S. Open Championship, 100th Western Open presented by Golf Digest; T7—PGAChampionship; T9—Phoenix Open; 10—Bell Canadian Open.2003 SEASON: Had breakthrough season on TOUR with three wins, matching his careertotal entering the season, including his first major championship title at the Masters. Missedjust one cut all season for the fist time in his career. Fifth-place finish on money list andearnings over $4.8 million were career bests…Claimed fourth PGA TOUR title at Bob HopeChrysler Classic with rounds of 67-64-65-67-67—330. Victory was first since 2001 seasonendingTOUR Championship, a span of 26 events between victories. Win for Canadian-bornWeir was sixth consecutive victory by an international player on the PGA TOUR, dating backto final two events of 2002. Entered final day four shots behind Tim Herron but final-round67, tied for low final-round score, helped him edge Jay Haas by two strokes. Birdied 16 and17 to tie Haas, and birdied par-5 18th hole to secure win and $810,000 paycheck. Trophy waspresented to Weir by former United States President Gerald Ford, a long-time Hope Pro-Amparticipant…Continued strong play on the West Coast at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, finishing T3 while paired with boyhood idol and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky in proamportion of event. After earning $843,890 in 2002, cracked $1-million mark in just thirdevent with $290,000 payday…Won for second time in four events at the Nissan Open,finishing strong with a final-round 5-under 66. Defeated Charles Howell III with a birdie onthe second playoff hole after beginning the final round seven strokes behind Howell. Paydaymoved him past the $2-million mark for the third time in the last four seasons…Finished T17at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. His 26-hole first-round victory over LorenRoberts was the longest non-championship match in the history of the event…Named PGATOUR Player of the Month for February…Winner of West Coast Swing presented by The St.Paul, earning a bonus of $500,000…Captured his first major championship victory at theMasters. After recording just the fourth bogey-free final-round by a winner in the 67-yearhistory of the Masters (first since Doug Ford in 1957), defeated Len Mattiace in a playoffwith a bogey on the first extra hole. Nailed a six-footer for par on the 18th hole to force theplayoff. Held a four-stroke lead through 36 holes but trailed third-round leader Jeff Maggertby two with 18 holes to play. All six of his TOUR wins have been in come-from-behindfashion. Became first lefthander since Bob Charles at the 1963 British Open to win a major.Also became the first Canadian to win a major and the first Canadian to win three times ina season. Victory jumped him from 10th on the Official World Golf Ranking to fifth. His$1,080,000 Masters paycheck was the largest of his career and pushed him over the $3million mark for the season through nine events…Solo third at the Memorial Tournament,thanks to a final-round 65, the low round of the day. It was his fifth top-three finish in only11 starts…Added another two weeks later with a T3 at the U.S. Open, his personal best atthe tournament, topping a T16 in the 2000 event. Leapfrogged Davis Love III for the top spoton the money list and passed the $4-million mark in season’s earnings. Also moved to thirdin the Official World Golf Rankings, the highest position of his five-plus year career onTOUR…Remained in the top spot on the TOUR Official Money List with $4,280,392 ($27,972ahead of Tiger Woods), on strength of a T3 finish at the 100th Western Open…Joined ErnieEls and Kenny Perry as only three players in 2003 with three top-10 finishes in the majorchampionships with T7 finish at PGA. Tied for second through 54 holes, three behind ChadCampbell and Shaun Micheel, but posted final-round 5-over-par 75 to drop fromcontention…A 10th in the Bell Canadian Open was his best finish in 13 appearances in hisnational open championship…Finished season third in scoring average behind Tiger Woodsand Vijay Singh…Earned spot on Presidents Cups International Team.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Had 11 top-25s but did not have a top-10 finish for the firsttime in his five-year TOUR career…Tied The Plantation Course record with 10-under-par63 before finishing T14 at the Mercedes Championships. His 63 was the lowest first-roundscore in Mercedes Championships history. 2001: Earned over $2 million for secondconsecutive season and picked up a victory for the third straight year…Began GenuityChampionship with career-low 62. Led after first and third rounds. Closing 71 dropped himto second place, two strokes behind Joe Durant…First Canadian to make top 10 (No. 10)in Official World Golf Ranking after Buick Classic, where he did not play…Finished seasonon positive note, winning THE TOUR Championship. Final-round 68 put him in playoff withErnie Els, Sergio Garcia and David Toms. Birdie-3 on first extra hole gave him his firstplayoff victory and made him first international player to win THE TOUR Championship.2000: First Canadian to play in Presidents Cup, where he led the international team witha 3-2-0 record…Collected his second victory on the PGA TOUR in the season-endingWGC-American Express Championship. A bogey-free 67 on Saturday and final-round 67lifted him to his first WGC title. Career-best $1 million first prize moved him to sixth on themoney list with $2,547,829, seventh player to surpass the $2.5 million mark in singleseasonearnings…Lost first TOUR playoff at Michelob Championship when David Tomssank a five-foot par putt on first extra hole. Closing 64 forced playoff. 1999: Long thoughtof as one of Canada’s best players, proved it on PGA TOUR…Went from being medalistat 1998 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament to TOUR Championship…Earned first PGATOUR title at Air Canada Championship with two-stroke victory over Fred Funk. Key tovictory was eagle-2 from 147 yards on No. 14 during final round. First Canadian to win onnative soil since Pat Fletcher won 1954 Canadian Open. First Canadian to win on TOURsince Richard Zokol won 1992 Greater Milwaukee Open…Joined Phil Mickelson, BobCharles, Ernie Gonzalez, Sam Adams and Russ Cochran as only left-handers to win on PGATOUR. 1998: As rookie, earned $218,967 to rank 131st on money list. 1997: Led CanadianTour Order of Merit after winning BC TEL Pacific Open and Canadian Masters. Was firstCanadian to lead Order of Merit since Jerry Anderson in 1989…Also led Canadian Tourwith 69.29 scoring average. 1993: Named Canadian Tour Rookie of the Year after winningInfiniti Tournament Players Championship. Amateur: Won 1990 Ontario AmateurChampionship…Western Athletic Conference Player of Year and second-team All-American in 1992 at Brigham Young…Winner of 1988 Ontario Junior Championship and1986 Canadian Juvenile Championship.PERSONAL: Laced up skates and practiced with NHL’s Washington Capitals at beginningof two-week break in late September 1999. Is friend of Edmonton Oilers player AdamOates…At age 13, sought advice from Jack Nicklaus. In a letter, asked whether he shouldswitch to playing right-handed. Response was to stick to natural swing…Two-timerecipient (2000 and ‘01) of Lionel Conacher Award, given to Canada’s Male Athlete of theYear. First golfer to be so honored since 1932…Loves to ski and fly fish…Enjoys takingfamily to Barnes & Noble for reading nights with his kids…Has his own Web site,www.mikeweir.com.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 3-1Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1989A 11992A 11992 11993 2 1 $1,940 3171994 11995 11996 5 2 1 1 36,624 2101997 4 1 7,709 2871998 27 13 2 5 218,967 1311999 30 20 1 1 1 7 12 1,491,139 232000 28 23 1 1 8 16 2,547,829 62001 23 20 1 2 1 6 13 2,777,936 112002 25 22 11 843,890 782003 21 20 3 4 10 16 4,918,910 5Total 170 122 6 4 6 34 74 12,844,944NATIONWIDE TOUR1993 1Total 1PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 99 00 01 02 03Masters T28 T27 T24 1U.S. OpenCUT T16 T19 CUT T3British OpenT37 T52 CUT T69 T28PGA T10 T30 T16 T34 T7THE PLAYERSCUT T44 T19 T27TOUR Championship T26 21 1 T19WGC-Accenture Match Play T17 T17 T17WGC-NEC Invitational T24 25 T24 T23WGC-American Express Champ T30 1 CNL T15 T28NATIONAL TEAMS: Presidents Cup (2), 2000, 2003; WGC-World Cup (3), 2000-2002.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------68.97 (3)Driving Distance ------------------289.2 (68)Driving Accuracy Percentage --63.4% (132)Total Driving ------------------------200 (113)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------65.9% (81)Putting Average--------------------1.733 (11)Sand Save Percentage ----------52.0% (66)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------150.0 (40)Birdie Average --------------------4.03 (14)All-Around Ranking --------------415 (13)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.15 (22)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------69.28 (13)Final Round Scoring Average --69.50 (12)Birdie Conversion Percentage--32.7% (24)Par Breakers ------------------------23.0% (16)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–Bob Hope Chrysler Classic/2Career Low Round/Round:62–2001 Genuity Championship/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$1,080,000–2003 Masters Tournament/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-155