Favorite son Weir leads in Canada
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The Canadian Open got the perfect gift for its 100th anniversary -- Mike Weir in the lead with a flawless round of 5-under-par 66, and a showdown with the No. 1 player in golf looming on the weekend.
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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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Mike Weir shot a 9-under 63 in the first round to take a one stroke lead at the Buick Open on Thursday. Play was suspended due to inclement weather, and many golfers, inlcuding Corey Pavin, had yet to finish their 18 holes.
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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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Canadian Mike Weir won for the first time since early in the 2004 season, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Australia's Mark Hensby in the Fry's Electronics Open.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Canada&#39;s Mike Weir was sitting on a four-stroke lead midway through the third round of the Canadian Open on Saturday.
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VIJAY SINGH celebrated his new world No.1 status by winning his second title in as many weeks on Sunday, capturing the Canadian Open by defeating local hero Mike Weir in a play-off with a par on the third extra hole.
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OAKVILLE, Ont. (CP) - Mike Weir&#39;s wedge cut through the bushy rough and caught the ball perfectly, sending it briefly into the air before it rolled into the heart of the cup.
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New world number one Vijay Singh wins the Canadian Open after a play-off with home hero Mike Weir.
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ANCASTER, Ontario  - Jim Furyk tuned up for the   Ryder Cup by capturing the Canadian Open on Sunday, firing a   final round five-under 65 to edge Bart Bryant by one stroke.
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He turned up at the Rose Garden yesterday morning sporting an oversized Oliver Twist muffler and a baseball cap with a familiar red B. "The Red Sox won the World Series because I began wearing this cap during the summer," insisted Johnny Weir, whose favorite player is another long-haired Johnny. "That's my story, and I'm sticking to ...
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The only putt Mike Weir made yesterday in the Canadian Open came at a good time, a 6-footer for birdie on the 18th hole for a 1-under-par 70 that gave him a three-shot lead and left him in great shape to become the first Canadian in 50 years to win his national championship.
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KAPALUA, Hawaii  - Canadian Mike Weir holed an 18-foot birdie putt at the last to grab a one-shot lead in the Mercedes-Benz Championship second round on Friday.
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Simon Wakefield chipped in for birdie at the last hole to finish with a 73 and tie Fredrik Andersson for the third-round lead in the Johnnie Walker Championship yesterday in Gleneagles, Scotland.Andersson shot a seven-under 66 in a difficult wind on the Centenary Course to total nine-under 210 three hours before Wakefield finished his round.Mark Warren (73) was a stroke back. Lee Westwood (69), Alastair Forsyth (72) and Phillip Archer (73) were next at 212.Thomas Levet, who shared the second-round lead with Wakefield, was in the hunt until a double-bogey 7 at the 16th.Colin Montgomerie shot a 71 and was four strokes off the lead. Paul Casey, the defending champion, was another stroke back after a 73.
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Some people still think of Brett Hull as his father&#39;s son, but he has long been his own man. He showed it as an amateur two decades ago when he chose to play for the United States after Canada rejected him.
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Hometown hero Mike Weir surged into the lead after an incomplete second round at the 100th Canadian Open Friday, hotly pursued by new world number one Vijay Singh.
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On a dazzling spring morning earlier this year, Olympic figure skater and professional power shopper Johnny Weir tromped out of the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel -- the grommets on his Taverniti jeans glistening in the sunshine -- and headed straight for Newbury Street. His Valentino sunglasses could have been a blindfold and he still would have found his ...