Mike Weir

Canada · born May 12, 1970, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

1major championship

Masters1 win
The Open2 top 10s

Summary

First major 2003 The Masters

Wins

2003 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 281 (-7) · won a playoff against Len Mattiace

Near misses

2004 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T9 · 281 (-3)
2007 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · finished T8 · 281 (-3)

Rivals

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Len MattiaceLost a playoff to Mike Weir, 2003 Masters

Moments

2003 Masters Weir became the first Canadian man to win a major championship and the first left-hander to win the Masters.
2003 Masters Len Mattiace closed with 65 to force a sudden-death playoff, which ended on the first extra hole when Weir's bogey beat him.

Records and firsts

2003 Masters First Masters champion from: Canada

Results by championship

Best day

2003 Masters

Augusta National Golf Club · 281 (-7) · won a playoff against Len Mattiace (Weir bogey; Mattiace unknown (Wikipedia: double bogey))

Weir became the first Canadian man to win a major championship and the first left-hander to win the Masters.

Len Mattiace closed with 65 to force a sudden-death playoff, which ended on the first extra hole when Weir's bogey beat him.

Record: Canada

Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 2003.

Career line, 2003–2007

Masters

2003 Masters: won

The Open

2004 The Open: finished T9 2007 The Open: finished T8

200420062008

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Major win
Top 10

Mike Weir was born on May 12, 1970, in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Weir won one major championship: the 2003 Masters.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

2003 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 281 (-7) · won a playoff against Len Mattiace (Weir bogey; Mattiace unknown (Wikipedia: double bogey))

Near misses

Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

2004 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T9 · 281 (-3)
2007 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · finished T8 · 281 (-3)

Masters Champions Dinner

2004, as the 2003 champion

Starter / appetizer Canapés: lobster in puff pastry with saffron and vanilla aioli; sockeye salmon tartare with dill crème fraîche and salmon caviar; wild boar and chanterelle mushroom bundles
Soup / salad White and green asparagus salad with oat-crusted Arctic char, maple brown butter vinaigrette, baby golden and candy-stripe beet relishes
Main course Roasted rack of caribou with sour cherry and parsnip compote (later lists: "rack of Wapiti elk"); club alternatives listed elsewhere: fried chicken, filet mignon, sautéed pompano
Sides Fingerling potatoes; British Columbia morel mushrooms
Dessert Vineland Estates ice wine sabayon with Canadian wild berries
Wine / drinks Canadian wine and Canadian beer

Confidence: Reported. Menu status: Full. First Canadian host. ESPN also cites sockeye salmon tartare. Cooked with Augusta's chef by Alastair Mackay, a chef from Sarnia, Ontario and Weir's childhood friend (Globe and Mail; AP).

Records and firsts

Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

2003 Masters First Masters champion from: Canada

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.