Weir sinks in playoff
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With the weight of a nation on his shoulders, Canadian lefty finds water on third playoff hole while No. 1 Vijay Singh keeps his cool.
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The symmetry seemed too perfect to be denied. In the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Open, exactly 50 years since a Canadian last won the thing, the hands of time seemed aligned for Mike Weir&#39;s coronation.
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Vijay Singh plays his first seven holes in 6 under to open a large lead in the Mercedes Championships, then levels out for an 8-under 65 for a two-shot lead over Mike Weir.
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American journeyman Mark Wilson claimed his maiden PGA Tour title by birdying the third hole of a four-way playoff at the Honda Classic on Monday.
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Mike Weir, who takes a three-shot lead into today&#39;s final round of the Canadian Open, seeks to become the first Canadian in 50 years to win his national championship.
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All it took was one glance at the scoreboard to realize the Ryder Cup was over. Tiger Woods was in the lead. It required two of his best shots to get there Thursday in the American Express Championship, a drive he hammered on the 567-yard 18th hole at The Grove, followed by a 3-wood into a slight breeze that landed 20 feet away for an eagle that gave Woods an 8-under 63, and a one-shot lead over Padraig Harrington and Ian Poulter.
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Lethargic from the start - a sure sign of defeat last season - the Bruins yesterday rallied from a 2-0 hole in the first period and went on to force overtime before falling to Toronto, 4-3, in a shootout at the Garden.
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Brett Wetterich, a near washout as a professional golfer just a few years ago, is the leader of the Deutsche Bank Championship after Sundayâs play.
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Former Masters champion Mike Weir will   replace Phil Mickelson in the elite four-man field for the   end-of-season PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Hawaii, organizers said   on Thursday.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - The worst U.S.  defeat in Ryder Cup history was dumped at the feet of the  team's leading three players, who buckled under the weight of  expectation and the force of a European juggernaut.
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OAKVILLE, Ontario  - Vijay Singh teed off his  reign as the new world number one in victorious style when he  won the Canadian Open on its 100th anniversary on Sunday at the  third extra hole of a play-off with home hope Mike Weir.
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Ian Poulter of England won the Volvo Masters on Sunday, beating Sergio Garcia with a par on the first playoff hole. Garcia missed a 3-foot putt on the final hole of regulation that would have given the Spaniard the victory.
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When he teed off shortly after dawn, Mike Weir was about as alone as he could ever be at a golf tournament in Canada. As he stepped to the tee box on the seventh hole yesterday at Glen Abbey to finish the
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Forced to return to Glen Abbey early Saturday morning to finish his second round, Parnevik picked up a shot to polish off a 66 and move into third place at the Bell Canadian Open, two strokes back of leader Mike Weir.
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Scotland's Stephen Gallacher stunned a host of favourites to win the Dunhill Links Championship after winning an extra playoff hole against Graeme McDowell.
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Sindelar takes canadian open lead. Remnants of Frances force lengthy delay, with several golfers unable to finish rounds. Masters champion Phil Mickelson peers from behind a tree to learn the fate of his shot
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Red-hot second round gives him lead. Trying to become first Canadian in 50 years to win home event, but No. 1 Singh lurks. Mike Weir has wanted to put the Canadian back into the Canadian Open since he first teed it up for the national championship in 1989.